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August 23, 2007 9:34 am
Given the water-logged transportation debacle they faced a few weeks ago, New Yorkers may rather not dwell on what goes on beneath their city’s streets. But San Francisco-based artists Ferris Plock and Kelly Tunstall don’t have any such misgivings about Gotham’s underbelly. Subterranea, an exhibit of their paintings that opens at the Fuse Gallery on Saturday, depicts a down-the-rabbit-hole world where many-eyed monsters—the better to see you with, my dear—frolic with miniskirt-wearing misses, and robots do all the work. There’s a definite fashion tinge to the show—the Prada store even makes an appearance in one canvas. “I started reading Vogue when I was nine, in the suburbs of Oregon,” confirms Tunstall. “I’d make paper dolls from cutouts of the collections.” So style has a place in the underworld? “Oh, yeah. There’s a party going on down there.” Fuse Gallery, 93 Second Avenue, New York, (212) 777-7988.—Nancy MacDonell
Image: Ferris Plock and Kelly Tunstall
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