Dalek is coming to town, and this Saturday, you can come check out his new series of work at Irvine Contemporary. The opening reception is on Saturday May 17th from 6-8, but startin today you can can witness an on-site piece in progress that Dalek is working on with DC artist Tim Conlon. If you are familiar with Dalek’s work, you will be quite impressed with the new batch.

He now goes far beyond Murakami’s “superflat” to a kaleidoscopic play of space and color that embodies the competing and conflicting forces in today’s world.

The tensions are clear, and the bold color patterns pull you in in a thoroughly engaging way. Dalek’s work seems to provide a particularly intriguing comment on a pop culture that struggles to make any clear distinction on the high and the low.

If you are lucky, you were on a short list to a VIP advanced opening tomorrow night, and featuring Outputmessage behind the decks. The show is up through June 21th, but don’t wait because you will forget and kick yourself for putting it off until it’s too late. I know you.