“The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself.” Caspar David Friedrich ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “Disasterous” by Featured Artist Thomas Riesner Mad Swirl is delighted to welcome back Thomas Riesner with another batch of his wild and wonderfully offbeat creations. Riesner has a real knack for making his …
Note of Gratitude to the Mad Ones : 09.02.26
This past 1st Wednesday of September (aka 09.02.26) Mad Swirl Open Mic was found whirling up the Swirl at Barbara’s Pavillion, getting the Mad mic opened for ALL you Mad ones out there! This month we featured Tejana Cósmica, presenting new works around the concept of Querida—dear, beloved, dear one. Through poetry, sound, and shared performance, exploring the realities of …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 08.29.26
“You must thank the gods for art, those of us who have been fortunate enough to stumble onto this means of venting our craziness, our meanness, our towering disgust.” Robert Crumb ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “Together in the Matrix” by Featured Artist Andrea Damic To see ALL of Andrea’s delightfully disorientating & psychedelically precise works, as well as the rest …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 08.22.26
“Some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don’t fit into boxes.” Tori Amos ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “Perspective” by Featured Artist Andrea Damic To see ALL of Andrea’s delightfully disorientating & psychedelically precise works, as well as the rest of our Resident Artist’s works, visit our Mad Gallery! ••• The Poetry Forum ••• This last week on …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 08.15.26
“I have always felt that I am the sum total of my parts.” Andres Serrano ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “Butterfly” by Featured Artist Andrea Damic To see ALL of Andrea’s delightfully disorientating & psychedelically precise works, as well as the rest of our Resident Artist’s works, visit our Mad Gallery! ••• The Poetry Forum ••• This last week on Mad …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 08.08.26
“Nothing, like something, happens anywhere.” Philip Larkin ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “Butterfly” by Featured Artist Andrea Damic To see ALL of Andrea’s delightfully disorientating & psychedelically precise works, as well as the rest of our Resident Artist’s works, visit our Mad Gallery! ••• The Poetry Forum ••• This last week on Mad Swirl’s Poetry Forum… we followed the norms to …
Note of Gratitude to the Mad Ones : 08.05.26
This past 1st Wednesday of August (aka 08.05.26) Mad Swirl Open Mic was found whirling up the Swirl at Barbara’s Pavillion, getting the Mad mic opened for ALL you Mad ones out there! This month Mad Swirl Press launched “Son of a Chicken Killer” by Tyler Malone! If you didn’t get at our August open mic, you can still get …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 08.01.26
“Art is the objectification of feeling.” Herman Melville ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “Ruptured by Featured Artist Andrea Damic Andrea Damic is returning to the Mad Gallery with a collection that once again transforms the familiar into something much more delightfully disorienting. Through playful manipulations of perspective, Damic’s abstractions seem to shift and breathe all on their own. Each piece invites …
Son of a Chicken Killer : Poetry by Tyler Malone
Mad Swirl Press is excited to announce the launch of Son of a Chicken Killer, poetry and photography by Tyler Malone. Here’s what Mad Swirl Poetry Editor MH Clay has to say about Son of a Chicken Killer: “Son of a Chicken Killer” contains piles of words that worm their way through a “perpetually imbalanced existence.” Tyler Malone shows the …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 07.25.26
“You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.” Aldous Huxley ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “Cogitatio II” by Featured Artist Karina Horgas To see ALL of Karina’s curiously intricate and richly imagined works, as well as the rest of our Resident Artist’s works, visit our Mad Gallery! ••• The Poetry Forum ••• This last week on Mad …