London Sasquatch Sightings.....

     The past five months have been a lot of work for me,  I've spent the entire summer inside stringing together an art show, painting pictures and digging through countless unlabeled VHS tapes.  Other than that, nothing else really of any importance to me has been on my mind.    The people at the Horse Hospital were of great help in organizing and helping with the whole layout of the exhibition.  The building itself was the perfect setting as well, an old horse stable clinic with ramps instead of stairs it resembled an archaic dungeon rather than the typical bleached white art gallery,  and the cobbled floors were the best part of the 200+ year old structure.  I even heard there were some ghost horses lurking around, but I didn't see any!

So on Friday October, 15th it was opening night for "Ronny Long- My Life on Earth 1991-2002" curated by Matthew Killip, and it was a great success with way more people than I expected in attendance.

My Life on Earth is a collection (or museum rather) of all the creative events from my childhood,  with 84 pieces in all and a looping video on display.

October the 20th was another night of fun, a 3 hour life drawing session inspired by PT Barnhams traveling wildman show of the 1860's,  put on by the great Nervous Stephen Fowler, who on this night resembled a mad scientist clad in a white lab coat as he prodded with a stick, known Sasquatch doppelganger Nicholas Abrahams, into an array of different positions before the hungry crowd of sketch artists.  I later realized this event was held on the 44th anniversary of the famous Rodger Patterson film.

At times the wildman would disobey his handler,  growling angrily and throwing bananas into the crowd before smashing a bench to pieces and lurching into the audience.  I even lost a shoe in the process.    Here's a clip from the nights events.







 The exhibition runs until November the 5th with nervous Stephen hosting a special Halloween night (October 31st) of wildman bigfoot movies along with the award winning "Master of Reality".




Here's a link to the Horse Hospital's web page for more information.

http://www.thehorsehospital.com/now/ronny-long-my-life-on-earth-1991-2002/