JOSHUA PELLETIER

SOMETHING RANCID ABOUT YOU

Lumpy worm men, beady-eyed imps, and a blind Bugs Bunny are just a few of the aberrant characters that inhabit the emotive fever-scape that is Joshua Pelletier’s all new body of work, Something Rancid About You, a cathartic eruption of ink and mixed media works on paper.  Employed as a special contractor for the ultra-rich in the Los Angeles area, Pelletier has experienced first-hand the vast gulf in consciousness that lies between the “1%” and the majority of Americans.  Channeling that understanding into this series, Pelletier vents his frustration towards the inequities in our society that the covid-19 pandemic has helped to lay bare.  His trademark multivalent, and at times frenetic, mark-making congeals into readable forms: sad, deformed figures dripping and writhing in piles, toothy mega-beasts barking at the wind, warring cartoon enemies that collapse, weeping into each other’s arms as they come to a realization of their shared fears.  In Pelletier’s surrealistic world, the grotesque and the dull ache of generalized angst reigns supreme, but the full story can be read between the lines.

To learn more about Joshua Pelletier and his work visit:

http://www.joshuapelletier.com or

https://www.turningart.com/artist/joshua-pelletier

@joshuapelletierart on Instagram

For inquiries regarding the works in Something Rancid About You please email the artist directly: dublevae@gmail.com