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"Most of the young men of talent whom I have met in this country give
one the impression of being somewhat demented.
They roam about in our midst like anonymous messengers from another planet"
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"Dobry is a Renaissance man of the 21st Century!" - Ed Paschke
Dobry @ _________________ Kingdom Come
& En La Lona Purchase__________________ Gary Dobry
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The Angels Wanna Wear My Red Shoes, 40" X 30", acrylic on canvas, 2-4/2013 (detail pic)
All Fall Down (Ring Around The Rosie), 30" X 40", acrylic on canvas, 5/2013
PR - October 29, 2012 : Gary Dobry and Brenda Venus' New Work: Tipping the Scales June 1 thru July 7, 2012 : New Work
942 W. Lake Street, Chicago, Il 60607
'The Garden I Tend', 32" X 40", acrylic on canvas, 1-2/2012 Dobry @ packergallery.com (Packer Schopf Gallery website)
Signed copies of Brenda's new novella, "Twelve Hours" available here
'Twelve Hours' on Kindle available here The DVD of Brenda's new film, 'Love & Sex in L.A.' available here
'The Early Rounds' (Portrait of Mike Lee), 30" X 40", acrylic on canvas - commissioned work READ PATCH ARTICLE about painting September 26, 2011: Dobry - Guest Artist @ N.I.U.
8/29/11 - Jack Olson Gallery @ Northern Illinois University
with Glen Davies * Gary Dobry * Maren Erwin * Michael Ferris Jr. * Mitch O'Connell Curated by Agnes Ma and Peter Van Ael - Reception: September 22, 4:30-6:00
Boxing Coach to Lecture at NIU on the Art of Tattoos September 13, 2011 - Patch Article Gary Dobry, owner of the School of Hard Knocks, will talk about boxing, his paintings and tattoos at an art gallery in DeKalb.
There are two Gary Dobrys: the boxing coach and the artist. When he’s teaching a boxing class — with the “ding” of the automatic round counter sounding and people shadowboxing in front of mirrors at The School of Hard Knocks in Crystal Lake — Dobry speaks crudely, hollering at his pupils, telling them to keep their hands up and to throw more jabs. But he is soft-spoken and careful when talking about art. And his take on tattoos as art may make you dizzy, like a stroll down Queer Street, a term in boxing that connotes an out-of-body experience caused by a Sunday punch. “A tattoo is literally you wearing your heart on your sleeve,” Dobry said. “It’s like when scientists beam messages into outer space, hoping for a response, for just a trace of humanity. A tattoo is a visual message, meant to elicit a response. “From the time cavemen first painted images on the wall, it’s always been about one’s need to get some sort of response.” During a lecture at Northern Illinois University later this month, Dobry will specifically focus on the kinds of tattoos found on boxers. Dobry said a boxer is likely to get a tattoo after a big ring loss, after he gets clobbered. Look at Mike Tyson, he said.
Dobry has two tattoos, one on each of the beefy upper portions of his arms. They are renderings of boxers striking the classic pose: one the devil, with horns, a pointy tail and on fire, and the other an angel, with a halo. Ask Dobry to explain his own tattoos, and he is vague and evasive, in an artistic way. He wants you to figure it out for yourself, for he believes there is a relationship between the viewer and the artwork totally apart from the artist. Dobry, a few years ago, worked as a part-time tattoo artist, as an apprentice under Ernie Gonzales at Fox Lake’s Electric Art Tattoo. “I was never as good with a tattoo machine as I am with a paint brush,” Dobry said. “Ernie taught me a lot. I wanted to grow as an artist. Ernie gave me that chance.”
Last year a show focusing on tattoos was well received at NIU so the university decided to have another, said Peter Van Ael, coordinator for the art gallery and museum studies program at NIU. “Gary does it very well,” said Van Ael, commenting on why Dobry was one of a handful of artists asked to the show. The exhibit is called “Inked: Tattoo Imagery in Contemporary Art,” which runs through Oct. 13, according to NIU Today. A reception for artists is planned from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Sept. 22 at Northern Illinois University’s Jack Olson Gallery, at the School of Art, 200 Visual Arts Building, DeKalb. Dobry will be lecturing from 5 to 6 p.m. Sept. 26. Click HERE to read article Dobry included in
'The Art and Aesth "This more recent tradition, in which the realist and the caricatural meet, was continued, as we see in chapter 5, in the work of George Bellows and is also visible in other artists of the late nineteenth and early twentith century period, for example, the early watercolors and pen and ink sketches of Jack B. Yeats (1871-1957). It is also continued to the present day in the work of contemporary artists such as Sergei Chepik (b. 1953) and the ex-boxer Gary Dobry." (page 149)
The Art and Aesth R.I.P Chicago Slim!Chicago Slim, Noel Shiff, passed away. One of the premiere blues harp players of all time. Even though I'm pretty sure Slim was technically blind, he was also a well-known Chicago Boxing judge. Not really sure if being blind is a restriction for being a boxing judge in Chicago though ;0)
I have some great memories of Slim. When I was a teen we opened-up for Muddy Waters in Carbondale, Illinois @ Southern Illinois University. Me, Bumble Bee, Slim & Cadillac Sammy Burton drove down there together in an old van I had. Sammy's bass drum served as a poker table and we played cards the entire route, from Chicago to Carbondale. All face cards wild. Hustlers - every one of 'em. I even borrowed some money from Bee to stay in the game. When I got paid for the gig, I had to give it all right back. He felt sorry for me though and bought me dinner. Not Slim. In fact after that free meal, when the boys asked Slim if he had a "tip", Slim said, "Yeah, tell the Chef to dip his hands in hot oil". Slims' the same cat who wrote the tender love song, "Love Me Or I'll Kill 'Ya". In fact, the only cat I ever saw get one-up on Slim, besides the Bee, was Muddy himself. Slim asked Muddy, who was in his 70's at the time, "Hey Muddy, why'd you marry an 18 year old?" Muddy, serious as a heart attack replied, "Cause I couldn't find me no 16 year old." ;0) 10 count & 12 bars, my friend. R.I.P. |
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Asi Te Amo', 32" x 22", acrylic on canvas, 2013, 3-4/2013
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Gary Dobry, 9/11/11
Dobry v. National Golden Glove semi-finalist,
Ruperto Chavez
'L'il Devil', 40" X 30", acrylic on canvas, Gary Dobry
Me & Ed, Judy Saslow Gallery, 1999
