Theo Wujick Show in Ybor and More

Posted Mar 26, 2007 by Sir Robert Davis

Updated Mar 26, 2007 at 02:02 PM

Friday night was interesting enough,  spending time with the lovely Shannon Lyn,  Bass Player Bob and Shawn Beauville;  but Saturday was a bit more eventful.

We began the night at the HUGE Theo Wujick show at the Cuban Club.  There were models modeling,  scratch DJs DJing,  bands banding and drinkers drinking (with a rum tasting on the top floor and everything!).  I think there were more media people than paid attendees.  Everyone had a camera and nearly everyone took a photo of yours truly.  When I inspected the models,  one of the people shooting them turned and shot me instead.  One of the models in question shot me a look that said “I’d me mad if you weren’t so cute…” 

BANG!

Theo was on the second floor,  brandishing the best art of the night.  His action-oriented pop-art-in-shards pieces were superb.  I’m pleased when a show has one good piece of art.  When it has a good artist with a selection,  I’m overjoyed.  “Sensory Overload” is a bit misleading.  Accuracy would have been “Theo and a bunch of other stuff”.

At 10pm the awful techno kicked in seemingly everywhere we went,  so we went to another party.

Enter the Michael Murphy Gallery.  It was a birthday/anniversary-styled event with a great DJ,  decent food,  an open bar and a lot of groovy people.  I was asked to explain what a “shaman” is.  I was asked what a “dandy” is.  Interestingly,  nobody asked what an “aesthete” is! 

To my surprise,  this gallery had a higher supply of “good art” than anything I had seen in this area outside the Dali Museum. Then again,  it was dark and I had been drinking all night.  To be sure,  I shall return to it soon.