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IT’S A ULYSSA HAT TRICK. New 2xLP with legend @nirosta_steel called MY SKYSCRAPER. EO Deines art book with @enterthenightgallery out now called CAN OF WHOOPASS. An art show called LAUGH NOW going up at @kiosk.chi tomorrow at 6 PM w another legend THE @rp_boo_official . A Buddhist Bubblegum praxis on full peacock plumage display. Giddy with desire and thankfulness and a secret third thing. With the momentum of a blindfolded unicyclist deep in his cups and careening into a presidential motorcade. Big shouts to @how_jlw Josh Z. @eroscestlavie @reptile.wisdom @louisapotthast @georgebrazil @pleasuresystems @theyhatechange @chrisswanson_secretly & my darling dear @maryoreilly

upcoming at KIOSK: @eodeines and @how_jlw

Happy, proud, and ecstatic to announce that the first book from Night Gallery Press this year is Can of Whoopass by Eric Deines (@eodeines ). It’s hard to describe the journey Eric takes you on with his art so it’s better to let the man speak for himself — Looking at ghosts and empties of buffgold yellowbelly ice cold rocky river waters piled goodness gracious god almighty high like you wouldn’t believe. 40,000 cans of whoopass metabolized through sloppy impulsive behaviors. Scribbles, scrapes and splatterings of the hand and of the heart — and a caravan of overturned applecarts stretching all the way back to Bum Fuck Egypt. Where the Heartland flatlines you gotta double the heartbeats of the heart of the average man. Comedy equals tragedy at twice the speed you see. Yes, incredible comic timing like 8-hours of AA crudeoil coffee in the west side discount tire shop waiting room. Like attending a funeral on your birthday and then dipping to catch the last song of a Steely Dan gig. Like a 3AM wheels-up tepid coffee slog in a midsized airport. Like losing touch with dear friends again and again for a decade stretches then hitting them with a text of a sketch of a boiling angel at some wretched hour. For I too am 3 AM. You gotta learn to love the empty feeling when the night loops become the autistic predawn morning void. My life’s so common it disappears. Only love, a sense of humor and a real good mantra can save your little ass now. The Om is in the margins. 198 pgs. Full color. Edition of 125. Art by Eric Deines. Designed by @how_jlw @eroscestlavie and I. Available at enterthenightgallery.com on April 30th and in-person at @kiosk.chi on May 2nd.

Whoopass, 2026, 30”x44.5”, acrylic on paper Now on view at @kiosk.chi through 6/14 as part of ‘Laugh Now.’ Also the cover image for the book ‘Can of Whoopass’ available now via @enterthenightgallery Press. Okay imma go away for a while.

Fingies, 2026, 24”x36”, acrylic and charcoal on panel Go see it at @kiosk.chi through June 14

Pendennis, 2026, 30”x44.5”, acrylic and pastel on paper Now on view at @kiosk.chi through 6/14 as part of ‘Laugh Now’

Hank’s No. 1, 2026, 30”x44.5”, acrylic on paper Hank’s No. 2, 2026, 30”x44.5”, acrylic and charcoal on paper Up now on a wall at @kiosk.chi till 6/14

Spraynts, 2026, 24”x36”, acrylic and pastel on panel Go see it at @kiosk.chi through June 14

Long Tall Cool One, 2026, 24”x36”, acrylic on wood panel On exhibit at @kiosk.chi through 6/14 as part of the show ‘Laugh Now’

Laugh Now, 2026, 30”x44.5”, acrylic, charcoal on paper Come see at @kiosk.chi May 2-June 14

Triad, 2026, 30” x 44.5”, acrylic on paper

Stop the presses… not the Night Gallery Press though. I sat down with Eric Deines @eodeines with four beverages on Monday evening to talk the talk. We discuss the limits of desire, the end of the American Project, and the hum of the unspoken spiritual. Want to reach out and touch faith? Check out his art in person at Kiosk in Chicago on May 2nd, or grab a copy of Can of Whoopass when it releases on May 1st at enterthenightgallery.com. Link to our substack in bio.