I’ve been a fan of artist Chris Cascio for well over a decade. I think I first saw his work at a small exhibit at Pablo Cardoza’s gallery. I was introduced to Cascio, who was then at getting his MFA. I bought a painting from him, out of his cramped studio at UH. Those works took supercrappy ads from old musical equipment magazines and blew them up. They appealed to me because his subject seemed to magically encapsulate a kind of dumb teenage male obsession—being a rock star with lots of fancy equipment. That was kind of the fantasy those magazines offerred.
Been watching these pieces by Chris for a while. Outstanding work and outstanding review.