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Not Gratitude…Only Love, acrylic, charcoal, and collage on paper, 29” x 25”, $4,000
In association with SPACE C7 in San Antonio, G Spot Contemporary Gallery is proud to present WATCH AND ABSORB #3, an exhibition of new work by the reclusive artist, Franklin Ackerley, curated by Texas artist, Jeff F. Wheeler.
Known as much for his Pynchon-esque life as he is for his irreverent and over-the-top pop concoctions, Ackerley began his meteoric rise to relative obscurity in the early 90’s when he was in graduate school at Central Washington University. While still in school he developed a West Coast following with raucous exhibitions in various alt-spaces and Universities from Seattle to San Francisco. As his fame rose, heshied away from the spotlight focusing on travel and artmaking. Ackerley hasn’t been seen in public since 1997. Since then, his whereabouts have been a matter of conjecture, with apocryphal accounts recently placing him in, among other places, Wichita, Kansas; Fallon, Nevada; Truth and Consequences, New Mexico; and even Split, Croatia.
