True Stories

True Stories brings together Antwan Horfee, Harry Rothel, and Ricardo Passaporte. Horfee draws from Menko cards and early manga, plus the blurry energy of a certain animated Fantasia, layering surreal figures over nostalgic kitsch backgrounds of waterfalls and marine scapes. Rothel directs the human figure with dramatic tension and precise control. His palette moves from vivid blues to delicate mauve and pastel, while his underlying language borrows from old master painting filtered through a modernist's impatience. Passaporte works large with airbrush, pulling from mid-century cartoon tropes.