Jul 16, 2010 12:44 PM

Gallery: Cult Movies Inspire Artists' Twisted Homages

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Sci-fi, gore and cult movie characters get remixed in the new Crazy 4 Cult 4 gallery show, which showcases works by 100 artists that offer twisted distillations of flicks ranging from A Clockwork Orange to Tron. The works, available in limited-edition prints, include Mike Mitchell's rendering (pictured above) of a fantasy movie house in which Robocop and Boba Fett rub shoulders with Pee-wee Herman and Kevin Smith don 3-D glasses and stare at the silver screen. "Loving a cult movie is like being in an exclusive club," gallery owner Jensen Karp told Wired.com in an e-mail. "You take ownership and defend it. To see other talented artists remixing the characters and icons makes for a creative and fun art exhibit." Now in its fourth year, the Crazy 4 Cult 4 exhibition, subtitled The Case of the Redundant Number, takes place at Los Angeles' [Gallery 1988](http://nineteeneightyeight.com/) through July 30.
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Don’t You Look at Me -------------------- Billy Perkins remembers the late Dennis Hopper from Blue Velvet with a portrait that re-creates the film's sinister "inhaling" scenes. The substance imbibed by Hopper's menacing Frank character originally went unspecified by director David Lynch. Hopper contributed the idea that Frank was probably snorkeling amyl nitrate.

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The McFlys ---------- Inspired by Back to the Future, to be released as a 25th anniversary DVD package in October, Kirk Demarais, painted Marty McFly (the character played by Michael J. Fox) and relatives in this faux family portrait.
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There Was Me ------------ 2Cents crafted this black-and-white portrait based on A Clockwork Orange's Alex. The ultraviolent thug was portrayed by Malcolm McDowell in Stanley Kubrick's 1971 futuristic classic.

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Home of Space Paranoids ----------------------- Andrew Wilson came up with this tribute to Tron. He may want to paint a sequel once Tron: Legacy comes out in December.
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Bodhi ----- Jeff Boyes rekindles memories of the late Patrick Swayze, who played surfing bank robber Bodhi in Kathryn Bigelow's 1991 adrenaline high, Point Break.

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Tequila ------- Glen Brogan's work pays homage to Pee-wee's Big Adventure. Paul Reubens, creator of the Pee-wee Herman character, gave Tim Burton his first feature-film directing gig after rejecting all the filmmakers suggested by the studio.
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Shaun of the Dead Print ----------------------- Tom Whalen's art piece offers a semi-abstract take on Edgar Wright's 2004 mock-horror comedy Shaun of the Dead, stripping the movie down to its key elements. __See Also:__ - [50 Artists Remix Twilight Zone's Brain-Frying Concepts](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/underwire/2010/05/50-artists-remix-twilight-zones-brain-frying-concepts/)

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