selections from the exhibit:
Official Grillo Mug. ink, paper & duct tape on found pottery mug.
Scientific Device for Measuring Hyperdimensional Properties of Grillo Cake. "Grillo Cake" (Zote soap) and postal scale.
Still frame from Grillo's Pants Are Getting Very Sleepy. video installation.
Milk-powered Robot that does Absolutely Nothing. assemblage of found items, can of evaporated milk.
Eeeerp n'ghghph Glarrrgghh from Shpleep, go boom. Shavings of sassafras root, rubberband, twist-tie.
The Creature Crawling. Twigs, twist-ties, duct tape, gum wrapper foil.
Self-Portrait of my Penis by my Penis. acrylic on matchbook, painted by using paintbrush inserted into the artist's penis.
Appalachian Voodoo Totem. hot dog bun, twigs.
Blubbering Buttsteaks of Eternal Torment. Audio recording of Grillo singing popular songs from the 1990's, played on tape recorder wrapped in pink plastic in toilet. Guests were encouraged to urinate and defecate on it as it played.
Grillo The Clown is a well-known street performer, fringe artist, and yardman around the state of Kentucky, though he has also performed in Germany, Belgium, and Japan. Though his attire is not what one might expect to fall under the category of "Clown" (he does wear a clown's red nose over his hockey mask sometimes), he makes himself available for rare services, performing dadaist magic tricks, telling jokes with no punchlines, and yodeling in several languages. We at the Deatrick Gallery are proud to be one of the few American art galleries willing to take Grillo as seriously as he takes himself.
D e a t r i c k --G a l l e r y
GRILLO THE CLOWN:
Glue and Gum
