This is the eighth in a series of previews from the July 27-28 beneft art show If They Come for You in the Morning. We start hanging the show at ABC No Rio on Monday, so posting will probably be slow-to-nonexistant next week. Here’s one big preview of multiple artists:
One of the best things about this project has been meeting incredible artists whose work was previously unknown to us. That is certainly the case with Aaron Resen and Julia Garder, two artists who came from out of the blue and sent us two of the best works in the entire show.
Left: Aaron Resen’s gorgeous, delicate paper cutout:
Right: Julia Garder‘s Fuschia Plant:

Next up are two pieces that reference Judi Bari, the environmental and labor activist who was bombed in 1990 in retaliation for her activism with Earth First. Below, at left is Barry Newman’s Who Bombed Judi Bari?. At right is Kevin Pyle’s dramatic illustration is an original panel from his chapter on Bari in the book Wobblies!.

One of my favorite artists working anywhere in the world is RB827, whose unmistakeable style and painstakingly detailed technique has made searching out her rare street pieces a favorite hobby of NYC street art enthusiasts. RB has a number of small ink & gouache drawings in the show. Two are pictured below:

Eric Drooker, a World War 3 Illustrated vet and author of the wordless graphic novels Flood! and Blood Song. Eric sent three pieces for the show, one opaque watercolor painting and two ink-on-scratchboard drawings. Two are pictured below:

Finally, one of VR’s main inspirations, Chris Stain, sent us a set of amazing stencils on salvaged sheet metal panels. One is pictured below:

This is all just a small sample from the 80+ artists who are included in show. For more information, see If They Come for You in the Morning.