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Joroko

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About Me

LOADED ART! is a product of creative expression through awareness for social change. Established soon after the 2004 presidential elections LOADED ART! is art for change not for profit. Backed by punk ideals and fueled by the lack of activism that exists among the art scene as a whole LOADED ART! is an on-going body of political/social mixed media wall sculptures that reflect our current events. For the past 4 years the focus has been heavily political due to the U.S.’s current world position.Conceptual protests carried out by an unique means of creative expression to reach a diverse group of people is one of the main functions of LOADED ART!. LOADED ART! has no boundaries, anywhere and everywhere are exhibition opportunities. Other artists and galleries are encouraged to adopt the attitude of art for change not profit.“If Jasper Johns had never lived, the artist who styles himself Joroko would have had to invent him, if only to destroy him. Joroko's sculptural relief ''Flags and Numbers'' paraphrases Johns directly, without apology. ''5W30,'' with its pendant mask rim, padding and dipstick projections annihilates Robert Rauschenberg as well, but more in homage than in anger.” NY Times Long Island edition March 20, 2005For upcoming exhibitions, actions, and more info VISIT... Click here to visit Joroko website Galleries, Artists, Organizations get in touch!I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

My Interests

Black on black, alternative galleries with crushing art, throwing back pints with HM, glorious rusted tugboats, night time wandering not knowing what’s coming next...

I'd like to meet:

Francis Bacon, Toulouse Lautrec, Andy Warhol, Winston Churchill, Edger Alan Poe, People involved in the forward progression of art for change.

Music:

The Pogues, AOS, Silver Mt. Zion, 65DaysofStatic, Clann Zu, Inner Terrestrials, Joy Division, Tarantula AD, Tom Waits, Atrocious Madness, Severed Head of State, St Bushmill's Choir, Zounds, Gogol Bordello, Tragedy, Endrophobia, Devils Music Ensemble live

Movies:

Son of Rambo, Wristcutters, Gleaming the Cube, Joyeux Noel, Fight Club, Rushmore, MirrorMask, Gattaca, 24 Hour Party People, Delicatessen, Downfall, Millions, Lost in Translation, Stranger Than Fiction, Why We Fight, the Squid and the Whale, Titus, Cecil B. DeMented, Mulholland Dr, Kontrol, Winter Passing, AND Brazil.

Television:

Globe Trekker, Survivorman

Books:

Bear v Shark, Cosmopolis, White Noise, The Crying of Lot 49, Invisible Monsters, Soft Power, Blackbox, The Contortionist's Handbook, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

My Blog

Upcoming LOADED ART! shows...

NOW Space, LOADED ART! "blood on the ballots" Denver CO- August 2008Highland Tavern, LOADED ART! Denver CO - September 2008Kismet Gallery, LOADED ART! Troy NY - Late Summer/ Early Fall - TBA...
Posted by Joroko on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:32:00 PST

LOADED ART! @ KRONOS Friday MAy 30TH

LOADED ART! Kronos Gallery May 30 - July 6 Opening Reception Friday, May 30th, 6pm-10pm with special guest DJ P-MAC14 Byers Street (on the wharf) Staunton, VA artisdangero...
Posted by Joroko on Wed, 28 May 2008 09:15:00 PST

PEACE NOW! Tonight - DC

PeaceNow! Warehouse Gallery Feb 22  April 6 1021 7th Street NW Washington, DC (The show will stay up for the observance of the 5th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the March 19, 2008 "M...
Posted by Joroko on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:29:00 PST

Today in Art....joroko

The work featured on http://todayinart.com/ Turmoil will be the signature piece hung in the show below...  come see for yourself.  Not in the Denver area, no problem, I will have work in Phi...
Posted by Joroko on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:09:00 PST

New shows posted for 2008

PeaceNow! Warehouse Gallery Feb 22  April 6 1021 7th Street NW Washington, DC (The show will stay up for the observance of the 5th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the March 19, 2008 "M...
Posted by Joroko on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:57:00 PST

A conceptual interrogation of politics 11-02-07

First Friday Nov. 2, Joroko's LOADED ART! 4 brand new works @ the Labyrinth Gallery in the heart of the Santa Fe Arts district Denver, 8th & Santa Fe 5pm - 11pm ...
Posted by Joroko on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:06:00 PST

LOADED ART! Gallery location & dates confirmed in Seatlle

Joroko's LOADED ART! Ver(a)rt Gallery Sept. 27 - Oct. 23 Opening Reception Thursday, Sept. 27th, 6pm -8pm Republican & Warren Ave. N. Seattle WA 98109 www.t...
Posted by Joroko on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:28:00 PST

LOAED ART! in Portland OR. Aug. 4th- Sept. 1st.

For full press release about the show click below.Click here to visit Joroko website LOADED ART! Seattle show to follow in mid Sept. Dates and gallery TBA check back soon& ...
Posted by Joroko on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:10:00 PST

What you wont see at the Cherry Creek Arts Festival this weekend&

What you won't see at the Cherry Creek Arts Festival this weekend&  Top notch art by CO artists involved in the local scene.  Any fucking decent beer on tap  Any canvas for und...
Posted by Joroko on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:14:00 PST

Firewroks, Beer and Art...

New work at Space Gallery and in the hot room upstairs at the Labyrinth Gallery this 1st Friday on Santa Fe, Denver CO, July 6th, 6-late
Posted by Joroko on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 01:12:00 PST