A new exhibit at the Galveston Contemporary Arts Center lets you take cat butt selfies… if you’re so inclined. Aiming to make light of the life our feline friends but also draw attention to the same, “Cat Butt Parfait: Chuck & George Explore the Ecosystem of Domestic Feline Digestion” is open through August 18, 2019. It’s definitely drawing attention!
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Will You Take a Cat Butt Selfie at Galveston Arts Center?
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Photo: Facebook/Galveston Arts Center
Texas artists Chuck and George created the exhibit to get patrons talking (if not being overzealous with the snapping of selfies) in this multi-media show designed in full color. Center Curator Dennis Nance explained to ABC13.com, “It’s really funny and humorous to see people’s reaction to it. It’s a little gross, but it’s also really funny. They play with the grotesque and how you make light of things.”
Photo: Facebook/Chuck & George
Founded over two decades ago, the Galveston Contemporary Arts Center is the area’s only permanent location for support of the visual arts. Featuring rotating exhibits, the center picked has displayed the work from this Dallas-based duo in all its glory, including the special selfie section! With free admission, what do you have to lose? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and this exhibit definitely has some hidden loveliness that cat fans can appreciate. “Chuck & George create a colorful fantasia inspired by the parasites that populate the domestic feline digestive system. Often referencing their personal lives, their exhibition presents a good-humored dissection with variation and theme. The multiple media installation includes paintings, drawings, ceramics, and papier-mâché,” the center’s website states.
Photo: Facebook/Galveston Arts Center
The Galveston Contemporary Arts Center features anywhere between 12 and 24 unique exhibits per season, passionately followed by close to 50K visitors every year. Their mission is to “promote and support contemporary visual art through exhibitions and educational programming.” Chuck & George is the name of the collaboration of artists Brian Keith Jones and Brian Keith Scott. Together, their work has been exhibited throughout the Lone Star State, including presentations in Marfa, Dallas, Lubbock, and San Antonio, among others. They also organize art-focused events and work/exhibit independently.
