Schmoozing

I met Josh Maupin, aka Lil Kool, at Atama Gallery in Dallas. Josh is a Brooklyn based artist that grew up in Dallas. His work mostly contains figures which "reference a tradition of 1960's era animation, but with modern day lurkers and shady situations." He was in town visiting family. He told me about his experience with a solo show he had in Hong Kong. He explained his work did very well in China and wished he could have stayed there longer. He explained the importance of a web presence now a days. He said he was working on updating his website and felt he currently relied too much on Instagram. We exchanged numbers and he even offered to show me around when I visit Brooklyn. Kool dude.