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POSTED: Friday, March 30, 2012, 4:10 PM

Filed Under: Arts Visual Art

“Mythology and the Forgotten Gods” at Phantom Hand

Phantom Hand, an arts initiative/exhibition space supported by Arts on South, has made its temporary home in a gallery on the street once famous as a scuzzy haven for starving artists, now famous as a gathering place for masses of teenagers shopping for novelty condoms, bongs and clothing made out of gold lame. The space manages a gritty, old-school-South-Street kind of feel, though, which is appropriate for the mass of drawings, paintings and sketches that make up “Mythology and the Forgotten Gods” — definitely a bit on the dark and edgy side, but also a seeming ritualistic Bacchanal toast to the early spring.

Goblets, scales, talons and wings of all colors and sizes set the walls crawling with the creatures of legend and lore, and you almost get the sense that you’ve walked into a room plastered with comic-book illustrations or would-be Zelda characters. After the initial shock of being overwhelmed (there are a lot of images in the collection), I was really impressed by the intricacy found in almost all of the works — a feature that contributed to effect of the creatures appearing to come to life. Viewing them all together made me jealous of the imaginations that could create such fantastical beings.

Through April 21, free, Phantom Hand, 604 South St., phantomhand.blogspot.com

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