Curated by Taylor McKimens

Creative energy has increasingly been pooled into areas other than those of the New York galleries and contemporary art world. More and more artists find themselves unable or unwilling to go through the traditional steps of the starving artist trying desperately to get noticed, and instead find alternative routes to creative achievement. Whether it be illustration, comics, music, etc., many artists have gone on to push the limits in their chosen fields.

Stranger Town features eight successful artists who have each risen to prominence in areas outside the walls of the established art world.

Daniel Johnston Jason Holley The Clayton Brothers Mimiyo Tomozawa Saiman Chow Yusaku Hanakuma Rich Jacobs Tomoo Gokita