Originally from Miami, Jimmy Trotter refers to himself as an art school dropout; he briefly attended Kansas City Art Institute, and continues to live and work in Kansas City. Nonetheless, Trotter has been celebrated for his witty, funny, mixed media drawings and installations that demonstrate his all-consuming passion for popular culture in all forms. As Julie Rodrigues Widholm, Associate Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago notes, Trotter’s work “appears to be trying to get at the daily struggles that beset everyone as part of the human condition. Perhaps this angst is what turns him to music and toys, the safe-havens of childhood fantasy and escape.”

In addition to his studio practice, creating colorful, densely layered drawings and toy “shrines,” Trotter is an avid collector of toys, records, and comic books. Images of and from these objects make their way into his artwork, while the records are used by his alterego Superworlf, an acclaimed DJ in his own right.

JimmyTrotter’s work has been exhibited at ADA Gallery in Richmond, Virginia, Grand Arts Gallery in Kansas City, MO, Mulherin + Pollard in New York, NY and at the NADA Art Fair in Miami, FL, with ADA Gallery. He awarded a grant by the Charlotte Street Foundation for his drawings in 2007.

DAYDREAMING ANIMALS Curated by Casey Farnum and Able Brown

Featuring : Jad Fair, Casey Farnum, Able Brown, Jakob Boeskov, Michael Dumontier and Neil Farber, Cricket Raspet, Nat Russell, Chris Kerr, Lori D, Jason Ducci Andrews, Bruno Goodiepal, Heidi Tullman, Porous Walker, and Nick Kuszyk

There have been times in my life, good times, where I have had to be pulled out of a daydream by another person. These daydreams are usually strong, confident, vivid, in technicolor, and full of ideals so strong that when once brought back to “earth” I have to shake them off. The person bringing me out of a daydream uses statements like “Earth to Able” or “Come back to us buddy” or “Asshole, you are driving a car!”

Daydreams used to be thought of as laziness and for the most still are, but studies going back to the 19th century have shown daydreams can have a very positive effect on one’s general sense of well being and boast creativity.

This show proves that. Casey Farnum and I asked a bunch of well-known Daydreamers to throw their daydreams onto these walls for us and join hands in celebrating Spacing Out!

-Able Brown