Opening Reception
Saturday, January 12th, 2008 • 6-10PM

Click here to view the show report and opening night photos, courtesy of Mutato Visual

Closing Reception
Saturday, February 8th, 2008 • 6-10PM

featuring a live video conference
with Mark Mothersbaugh

Regular Gallery Hours:

Monday, January 21st through February 8th, 2008 by appointment (we are at the gallery most of the time, so do not hesitate to call!).

l'art Noir New Orleans
4108 St. Claude Ave.
(between Mazant & France on St. Claude, riverside)
Tel: 504-324-2489

ABOUT THE POSTCARD DIARIES:

During his downtime on early worldwide tours with DEVO, Mark Mothersbaugh began illustrating on postcards to send to his friends and family, which he still creates, and has been creating every day for over 30 years. It's an obsessive habit/hobby, which still yields anywhere from one to a couple dozen new postcard-sized images per day.

Mark has archived nearly all the original postcard-sized works, filed neatly in spiral-bound folders at his home in Hollywood, CA. It is an astonishingly obsessive collection of private thoughts featuring Mark's plethora of provoking & unusual imagery.

The 2008 Gallery Tour features high-resolution, limited edition prints of Mark's works. Each original postcard diary sketch is scanned and altered especially for the tour, often with the addition of text, digital effects, photos, etc. each customized image is printed on quality archival Lysonic paper in a very limited edition (usually editions of 3-20, each embossed and signed by the artist.) Mark archives one of each print edition for his own archives, which further limits distribution of each postcard diary print.

While Mark will not be able to attend the show in person due to DEVO rehearsals in Los Angeles, l'art Noir will be conducting a live video conference with Mark during the opening reception. Guests are encouraged to arrive early to sign up for the opportunity to speak with Mark in person.