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BEAUTIFUL WORLD

Hang onto your energy domes, people! We are thrilled to announce BEAUTIFUL WORLD, Art in Devolutionary Times. Inspired by a collaboration with DEVO Fine Art Prints, we’ve collected a mix of artwork that aligns with the concepts behind the influential and legendary band DEVO!   

Photo by Allan Tannenbaum

ID: Members of the band DEVO wearing matching teal and black outfits and shiny black plastic hair, gather around to look at a GQ magazine.

During their time as students at Kent State University, DEVO formed out of an appreciation for art-as-music. The band members were deeply influenced by the Vietnam War, campus protests, and the tragic Kent State shootings of May 1970. The band started creating music that was anti-establishment and centered on the theme of “De-evolution”- the idea that, rather than progressing toward a greater good for all, humanity is regressing towards state of dysfunction. DEVO utilizes humor and absurdity combined with futurism, electronics, and punk rock to skewer pop culture and politics from the 70s to today.  

Examples of devolution are all around us: climate change, consumerism, capitalism, corporate greed, artificial intelligence, robotics, automation, loss of individuality, conformity... the prescient message of DEVO has resonated with spuds, mutants, and comrades for decades.

Works selected for BEAUTIFUL WORLD will be displayed alongside a strictly limited-edition portfolio of rare or never-before-seen DEVO images by world-class photographers: Neal Preston, Ebet Roberts, Allan Tannenbaum, and Richard Alden Peterson. These highly collectible prints are of a set quantity and signed by each member of DEVO.

Exhibiting artists

Alex Stillman, Analeise Jarvi Beamer, Brieanna Lindquist, Bryce Holt, Claire McKevitt,
David Alan Berg, Erik Farseth, Ian Scheele, Joah Bingert, Josie Browning, Lynaea Russom,
Mariah Markt, Nate Reiman, Nina Rivera, Paleoelectronics, Rachel Quast, Retech,
Scott D Bowron, Shannon Twohy, Vincent Dezutti

 Exhibition Dates: October 23rd through November 23rd 

Opening Reception: Friday, October 24th, 6-8pm

Reception Details: We will be holding a masks required hour from 5-6pm, masks will be optional for the reception from 6-8pm with local DEVO tribute band REVO performing from 7:30-8pm.

If you have questions, please contact us at fresheyegallerympls@gmail.com

Limited-edition prints from DEVO Fine Art Prints

Each limited-edition print is professionally framed, signed by the photographer and each member of DEVO, and comes with a certificate of authenticity. Visit or contact the gallery for purchase.