You have the power
February 15th, 2010
Have you ever hid under the covers late at night with a flashlight and a comic book? Or waged imaginary backyard warfare versus evil forces while dressed in a homemade costume?
If so, take a deep breath and let the lengthy exhale cleanse from your system the anxiety of being a closeted dweeb. Your secret fetish for the four-eyed arts is safe with us.
The truth is, however, you’re not as alone as you may believe. To roughly paraphrase a fictional purveyor of justice “you have the power.”
Still don’t believe? Set your Web browser to the blog I Have the Power Art and your expectations to “stunned.”
If you were a kid in the 80s, you undoubtedly recognized the blog title as the call-to-action mantra of comic book and cartoon-icon He-Man. Those same kids who were raised on cheesy 80s television are all grown up now and many have become artists — some more so than others.
Gallery 1988 and their Masters of the Universe Tribute Show is a prime example.
The California-based gallery is currently displaying and selling Masters of the Universe-inspired art work; ranging a gamut of mediums and styles. They vary from Warhol-ian-type screen-print portraits and epic oil-on-canvas battle scenes to painted-wood renderings of He-Man getting a haircut. Or his nemesis Skeletor getting a root canal. And when we say all other styles and interpretations in between…we mean it.
What keeps us up at night? The great design of nefarious villains. Good thing we’ve got a flashlight and a good read.
www.ihavethepowerart.blogspot.com
