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Detroit's infamous erotic art exhibition,
the Dirty Show®, arrives in Chicago on Sat. April 13 for a special
exhibition
at Gallery Provocateur.
In its 14 years, The Dirty Show® has become one of the largest and
most important erotic art exhibits in the world. With an annual
attendance easily exceeding 10,000 patrons, the exhibition has
featured the biggest names in modern erotica as well as lowbrow
champions and marquee gallery artists.
Gallery Provocateur, winner of Best established gallery 2011 and
2012 in the Chicago reader Best of Awards, recently moved to a new
larger location. “Partnering with The Dirty Show® is the perfect way
to introduce the new space to the public” stated founder and curator
Veronika Kotlajic.
“We are so proud to be working with Veronika and Gallery
Provocateur” say the show’s producers, “Gallery Provocateur has
always been at the forefront of cutting edge erotica, and the new
gallery space makes it possible to do a show of this magnitude.”
Featuring the work of: HR Giger, Colin
Christian, Mitch O' Connell, Clive Barker, Shawn Barber, Eric Kroll,
Jamie McCarthy, Steve Diet Goedde, John Santerineros, Marc DeBauch,
Eric Kroll, and Claudia Hek
The promoters are asking for a $10 donation, alleging that money
raised, “Will go to unsavory causes.”
Further Information:
http://www.dirtyshow.org/
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“The Dirty Show, one of the world’s largest
and best attended Erotic Art events which has left an indelible
cultural mark (hickey?) on the art experience in Detroit for 14
years and counting, comes to Chicago with some exciting new twists!
The Dirty Show will be bringing its
sexy art to Gallery Provocateur, in Chicago, April 13-14th, 2013.
The exhibition will feature dozens of
today's best provocative Artists. There will be all
sorts of performance artists, musos and other oddities on hand to
provide entertainment.
Including:
Titillating performances all night by the lovely Kiss Kiss Coquettes of the Kiss Kiss Cabaret
"The World's Best Artist" Mitch
O'Connell book signing
Sultry
sounds by Joe Black
 
Live pin-up model painting, Human Furniture,
Fetish peformances & Suspension Rope performance!
SHOW
SCHEDULE
April 13th,
2013 • Saturday Night
8:00pm
– 12:00am | 18 & Over | Tickets by suggested donation at Door
$10
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Sunday,
April 14th, 2013 • Sunday “DAYTIME VIEWING ONLY”
1:00pm –
4:00pm | 18 & Over | tickets by suggested donation at the Door
$10
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Official After Party
Ultra Lounge Chicago
with DJ Peter Propaganda and the
Underground Burlesque!
CLOSING RECEPTION
May 18th,
2013 • Saturday Night
8:00pm
– 11pm | 18 & Over | Tickets by suggested donation at Door
$10
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The Dirty Show History
TThe mission of The Dirty Show is to promote,
publish and propagate erotic art in all forms. This is done in the
form of an erotic art exhibition which has become one of the largest
in the world. Since it’s inception at the turn of the century, the
founders have been entertaining and enlightening the masses with a
delightful event called, The Dirty Show. Held every Valentine’s
Weekend in Detroit, the show features a large number of artists,
from first-timers to the famous at their dirtiest. While primarily
focusing on area artists, The Dirty Show is open to artists from
anywhere in the world, providing the work is good, erotic, they can
get it here.
This is the question most media poses.
The answer is simple. It is 100%, genuine art. We have done
extensive research on porn, logging in countless hours on the
internet- we know porn, intimately. While some pieces, to the
layman, may appear to be pornographic, it is as artistic as any shit
you would see in a museum. There have been a few pieces which some
feel are not “dirty”. This to is a misconception, most likely due to
the lack of artistic education of the viewer.
The show was created by Jerry Vile in 2000,
who was quickly joined by Jeremy Harvey. Shortly thereafter, Glenn
Barr added his expertise. The first showing was in the expansive
offices of Orbit Magazine. The show featured about 40 artists, with
performance by Lady Pain and her slave. It was an instant success,
far too popular for the space allotted. The following year, an
additional day was added to try to split and thin the crowd.
However, while the idea was good in theory, the crowd had grown and
the crowds around the nude buffet were painfully crowded.
In 2002, show moved to the Bankle Building
in Detroit proper, thanks to the generosity of artist Camilo Pardo.
The artist list had grown considerably, and so had the viewing
public. The newly formed Spag Burlesque Troupe was the featured
performance artists, as well as dance and spoken word. Despite it
being nearly three times as big as the previous space, it was a bit
crowded.
In 2003, the event was held in the in the
Museum Of New Art. This more public showing created controversy, and
the largest attended art event in the history of the museum and many
believe it was the most popular art opening in Detroit history.
Despite the immensity of the space, it was packed. Performance
included Spag and Helles Belles as well as the Gorilla Girl, Peep
Show, puppetry and spoken word. Unfortunately, the Museum was forced
to leave the space shortly after the show. The show also launched
its first website.
For most of 2003, the Dirty Show could not
find a space to hold the event. Fortunately, reason prevailed
(namely the gallery director left in disgust) and in 2004, the Dirty
Show landed at the Tangent Gallery and Hastings St. Ballroom—perhaps
the largest art space in the Detroit. Created both permanent and
temporary walls to showcase works from over 100 artists, ranging in
age from 18 to 84. While mostly Detroit area artists, contributions
came in from all over the USA and a piece from Paris, France. The
space featured a stage professional lighting and for the first time
people were able to see the performance artists (Spag, Helles
Belles, Causing a Scene, Jimmy Doom, Ted Telvite and the Great
Poocasso). The Dirty Show became the largest event in
Tangent/Hastings history on both nights and was called “Detroit’s
best attended art show” by the Metro Times and is now considered one
of the largest .
In 2005, The Dirty Show opened its Call To
Artists to everyone, everywhere, the result was a huge success. The
show drew 1000′s of submissions which led to a showcase of over 400
pieces of art by over 250 artists from 20 countries. We also had the
largest attendence by artists at the show in its history, from
across the USA, and as far away as Italy. The show was extended to 4
days and the patrons kept coming, and coming…
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