GERMOPHILIA is about loving the disease. The disease is one of this world, the reason why your parents lied about there being a god and the Easter bunny. It's the flesh, the darkness, the idea that freedom is not given - but taken. GERMOPHILIA presents a collection of artists with a wide range of styles and mediums together to serve as a catalyst to spread just that sickness...
The cutesy cheesecake of Stacey Barich will stir the loins, the totalitarian and infernal collage and painting of Peter H. Gilmore, the disturbing clash of beauty and tragedy of the photos of Christopher R. Mealie, the worship of strength found in the paintings of Jack Malebranche, the perverse misanthropy of Stephanie Crabe, the haunting dreamworld canvasses of Stephen Kasner, and more. Nine artists presenting a collective picture of the world that subverts that status quo without slipping into the arms of the usual suspects.
