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Artist's Reception: Blissful Rituals for a Mad World
Brandan Styles (Denver, CO) solo exhibition
“Blissful Rituals for a Mad World” is a collection of mixed media works by Brandan Styles. The collection explores theatrical themes within the artists' lexicon of weirdo spiritual characters and the mad world they inhabit, as a reflection of our own.
The world is mad and always has been. In that madness, one must find their bliss. An artist finds bliss through the ritual of art making, and while ritual doesn't change the world, it changes the one who performs it.
About the Artist:
Brandan Styles (aka Bzurk) is a storyteller, tapping into the Universal Mythology that underlies all of our culture and humanity.
His work is about creating visual poetry through the language of mythology, symbols and characters. It invites us to explore our existence further, to question everything, seek Truths and to not be afraid to go into the dark night. He combines a mixed media technique of hand cut wood, graphic and rendered style of painting, flat and three-dimensional elements: roughed, beaten, withered, aged, yet contemporary. The past speaks to us in the present.
Artist’s reception: Friday, August 7th, 5–9pm
part of the South First Fridays ArtWalk SJ
Exhibition dates: August 7–October 3, 2026
