The Cultural Subversive Art

 

of Edward M Corpus

The Cultural Subversive Art

 

of Edward M Corpus

The Cultural Subversive Art

 

of Edward M Corpus

The Cultural Subversive Art

 

of Edward M Corpus

The Cultural Subversive Art

 

of Edward M Corpus

The Cultural Subversive Art

 

of Edward M Corpus

The Cultural Subversive Art

 

of Edward M Corpus

The Cultural Subversive Art

 

of Edward M Corpus

The Cultural Subversive Art

of Edward M. Corpus

The Cultural Subversive Art

of Edward M. Corpus

The Cultural Subversive Art

of Edward M. Corpus

The Cultural Subversive Art

of Edward M. Corpus

The Cultural Subversive Art

of Edward M. Corpus

The Cultural Subversive Art

of Edward M. Corpus

The Cultural Subversive Art

of Edward M. Corpus

The Cultural Subversive Art

of Edward M. Corpus

The Cultural Subversive Art

of Edward M. Corpus

The Cultural Subversive Art

 

of Edward M. Corpus

The Cultural Subversive Art

 

of Edward M. Corpus

The Cultural Subversive Art

 

of Edward M Corpus

Hello. Thank you so much for visiting. I’m an artist and writer based in the beautiful Monterey Bay area on the scenic central coast of California.

Using visual media ranging from traditional to digital to comic art and text, I create provocative works that reflect my values of social justice and inclusion.

Following in the ancient traditions of artists as storytellers of the tribal community, I combine visual images with words to subvert the dominant culture of inequality, and contribute to lasting social transformation.

Please click on the images below to visit the portfolio galleries of my visual art works. Work that I can’t quite fit in these themes might show up in my blog posts. I invite you to read my blog, purchase art and leave your comments, too.

Gallery: Transcendence

Portrait of Forrest Dean Freeland performing shamanistic rites

Gallery: Somewhere
In Between

cartoon schoolboy before pair of large blue-skinned feet of woman wearing red stiletto pumps and skirt made of body parts

Gallery: Walking On
the Dark Side

Link to "Walking the Dark Side" Gallery

 

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“Art should comfort the disturbed
and disturb the comfortable.”
— Cesar A. Cruz, poet, activist, educator

 

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Featured Blog Posts:

National Mental Health Awareness 2021

Black Lives Matter: Justice for George Floyd

Writing and Illustrating My Memoir in 2020

Belle Foundation Grant!

KRONOS Comes Home

Portrait of Konrad Heiden: The Threat of American Fascism

Escaping The Insanity of Things (or How To Find Serenity In A Moving Experience)

In Memoriam: Bruno “Pete” Peters

Father and Children Watercolor Painting Process Video

Comic Art:
Not Just For Your Kids Anymore
(My First Forays Into Ink
and Socially Aware Comic Art)

Why My Art Is ‘Subversive’ — And How That Matters To You

Is Male Culture a Culture of Violence?

How a Child Artist’s Journey Began —
And Almost Didn’t

My Current & Upcoming
Art Exhibits & Sales

Art In the Time of Covid-19

My acrylic painting Persephone In the Springtime has been chosen along with works by thirty-four artists as part of a juried exhibition beginning mid-August 2021 at the Monterey County Health Department, 1270 Natividad Road, Salinas, California 93906, Administration Building.

The artists’ reception has been cancelled, with re-scheduling contingent on Covid-19 transmission rates in the county.

In addition to in-person viewing of the works at the Health Department Administration Building, a virtual exhibition can be viewed at the Arts Council of Monterey  website. The exhibition will run through July 2022.

Proceeds from art sales benefit not only the artists but also youth art education in Monterey County.

The Art of Cultural Subversion
Appeared at The Dalí Expo

The Dalí Expo (now the Monterey History & Art Association: Salvador Dalí) featured my work as the rotating solo artist during November 2019, including my painting King Sisyphus In The Underworld, as it did Karen’s in August 2019.

KRONOS, a fun interactive piece of installation art,  is the result of artist Karen Warwick’s creative vision and my collaboration. It was the centerpiece of her solo exhibition Time Flies in August 2019 — and continued to be accessible to the public in The Dalí Expo lobby for five-and-a-half months through January 13, 2020.

Original Art and Prints Are Available for Purchase.

Donations of Any Amount Are Also Welcome and Appreciated.

I appreciate your support of my work in reading my blog, signing up for the newsletter, purchasing my art — or all of the above. 

Safely and securely purchase prints or signed originals online. Contact me by message directly or call me.

In the News:

KCBX-FM Art Beat 8/1/2020 on local artists responding to the challenges of lost income and public connection due to Covid-19. Local artists including Edward M. Corpus were interviewed by James Reddick.

Carmel Pine Cone 7/26/2019 Enjoy The Fine Art of Time Travel, article on Karen Warwick, including our collaborative installation centerpiece, KRONOS

Carmel Pine Cone 2/22/2019 From Invisible Kid to Artistic “Subversive”,  by Dennis Taylor interviewed me in an excellent piece of writing, if I do say so myself. 

Jeannie Evers wrote a very favorable article in the Go! section of the Monterey Herald May 7th, 2015 Seaside artists open up their studios for ninth annual tour.