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LOCATION:Comedy Underground\n222 S. Main St.\n\nSeattle\, WA 98104
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CLASS:PUBLIC
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URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5882932-the-art-of-comedy-wa-seattle-pione
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UID:November 22\, 2009 10:12:05_476048246@diamond.culturemob.com
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DESCRIPTION:The Comedy Underground presents The Art of Comedy. This gallery
  show takes place in the lobby of the world-famous Comedy Underground and f
 eatures artwork that is either humorous in nature\, or made by stand up com
 edians.
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\nThis month we feature the artwork of Nicolas Caesar.
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\nNico
 las Caesar: http://www.scary-art.com/
\nB. 1973\, Santa Clara\, CA
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\nNic
 olas Caesar was a shy child born in the California suburbs. Fuelled by mons
 ter comics and classic horror movies - he sought to capture them through il
 lustration\, sometimes even trying to trace the flashing images from his te
 levision.
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\nBetween a compulsion to collect and compulsion to create he 
 started building sculptures in his High School years. His creations consist
 ed of everything from paperclips\, bones\, broken toys\, to anything and ev
 erything he found walking the streets of San Jose. The more he walked the m
 ore his creations grew.
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\nIn 1992 he began showing his art as backdrops 
 for local industrial bands at the late Cactus club in San Jose. As his repu
 tation grew he then expanded his showings to San Francisco\, becoming a sta
 ple in the growing fringe culture of goth/industrial/bondage clubs. "They w
 ere the only ones who would have me\, every gallery I approached thought my
  art was (physically) dangerous".
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\nIn 2003 Nicolas returned to painting
  as a friend said "It's easier for someone to hang a 16x20 painting in thei
 r one bedroom Bay Area apartment than it is to make space for a inanimate r
 oommate". He debuted his paintings in April 2003 at The Alternative Press E
 xpo in San Francisco and sold every one. Now you can find him painting 24/7
 .
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\nConsidered by most as a dark outsider folk artist\; Nicolas Caesar m
 akes it clear even though he's now accepted and embraced by cutting edge ga
 lleries\, he wont turn down a show in a donut shop. Nicolas Caesar is marri
 ed to photographer Sarah Karas and they live in the Bay Area's Castro Valle
 y. They have a hermit crab named Pee Wee.
SUMMARY:The Art of Comedy
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