H3ll's Kitchen

This upcoming weekend, University of South Florida MFA candidate Tanner Simon presents a festive collection of spooky paintings in H3ll’s Kitchen, a Halloween-themed exhibition at Howard W. Blake School of the Arts. The collection’s opening reception on Friday, October 20, from 4-7 PM, will feature some of Simon’s towering works and an all-ages costume party. Costumes optional. Trick-or-treaters welcome.

The installation explores the act and experience of viewing art while engaging in the physicality of a large-scale painting. Simon’s work includes vibrant color fields, jarring imagery such as bat-monsters and goblin-pasta, and matte applications of oil paint that defy the traditionally shiny medium. The paintings conspire around an obstructive pillar, playfully and enigmatically linking each work together.