Paul Madonna's Opening Art Exhibit Palindromes October 9, 2009

Artist and writer Paul Madonna has partnered with the popular literary website, The Rumpus, to host another in a series of art exhibits of his weekly cartoon, Small Potatoes, where rowdy potato people rant and fret, defying all human decency in Madonna’s articulate ink and watercolor drawings, furthering his approach to comics as art.

Conscious of how people read comics and interact with art, for the Four Barrel exhibit, Madonna has made a series of large-scale multi-panel cartoons specifically for the space, which can be read both forward and backwards. A perfect venue for Madonna’s Small Potatoes series, The Rumpus is an online magazine focused on cultural comment, daily publishing content on books, art, music, media, film, politics, and sex by professional artists and authors from around the world.

Paul Madonna also writes and draws the weekly strip, All Over Coffee in the San Francisco Chronicle. His first book, All Over Coffee, was published in 2007 by City Lights Books, and the first edition of his new drawing book series, Album, will be published this November by Electric Works. Paul's drawings and prints are shown in galleries and museums. In 1993 Paul was the first ever Art Intern at Mad Magazine, for which he proudly received no money.

Official Website: http://www.paulmadonna.com