Mike Wrathell
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Mike Wrathell, American artist and writer, born in Detroit, Michigan, USA on June 13, 1961. His full name is Michael Robert Wrathell. He founded The Ultra-Renaissance Art Movement in 1981, which includes other Michigan artists Tom Marchione, Glen Perice (sometimes Glen Paris), Toledo, Ohio artist Roy Zornow, and Minnesota artist Brently Comstock (sometimes B. W. C.), and Michigan-transplant in L. A.: Jim Pasque. The Ultra-Renaissance was inspired a lot by the Akron, Ohio rock band Devo, Andy Warhol, and Dadaism. A documentary about Mike and his art called "the king of pluto" won an Award of Excellence for its director, Sheila Franklin, at the Berkeley Film & Video Festival in 2004, and was also screened in New York City and Indianapolis. Mike's art is in private and public collections around the USA. Bouche Bar in Alphabet City, NYC has on display "Thought Police Tribunal" which won a Director's Recognition Award in the 8th Annual Contemporary Art Juried Online International Art Exhibition in 2006, hosted by Upstream People Gallery in Omaha, Nebraska. Mike has a cameo and some of his art, including a collaborative "shang" with Brently Comstock aka B. W. C. are featured in an independent film now in post-production in Indiana called "W, or Strange Things Begin To Happen When A Meteor Crashes In The Arizona Desert."
His art touches on many important topics of our age, including the Iraq War, 9/11, Orwellianism in our media, love, and a host of others. His art is in private and public collections, as well as two films.
His favorite quote that introduces his art movement to the world comes from Italian Renaissance writer Pico della Mirandola, "Ignorant of how to yield to them, let us compete with the angels in dignity and glory."
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The Ultra-Renaissance Art Movement Homepage
8th Annual Contemporary Art Juried Online International Competition (Juror's Statement & Exhibition)
http://www.upstreampeoplegallery.com/gallery/statement.asp?XD=5/1/2006
http://www.upstreampeoplegallery.com/archives/20060501.asp?XD=5/1/2006&AN=Webber%2C+Ran
Review of "the king of pluto", a documentary about Mike Wrathell on FilmThreat.com
http://filmthreat.com/index.php?section=reviews&Id=8136
W, or Strange Things Begin To Happen When A Meteor Crashes In The Arizona Desert (go to "Info" then "Cast")
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