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This article originally appeared on March 14, 2013 in The Alamedan<\/a>. Michele Ellson, editor.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\""Gonzo

“Gonzo Journalist” Jon Ronson<\/p><\/div>\n

At Spank Salon, getting your makeup done \u201cincludes lash<\/em> application,\u201d according to their price list. Ouch! But that\u2019s not the only reason it\u2019s hard to sit still at this super hip parlor: Compelling art lines its walls, with new work rotated in frequently to keep heads turning.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve come a long way from when redheads were targeted as witches or vampires in the infamous Malleus Maleficarum<\/a>, but gingerism and its stereotypes linger. Megan Lynn Kott, who describes herself as \u201ca lifelong redhead – in actuality and spirit\u201d and her artistic partner Justin DeVine give some long overdue love to carrot-tops in their show \u201cGINGERLY: an ode to all our favorite redheads,\u201d which opens at Spank Salon on Saturday, March 16.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were specifically shopping for a salon rather than a gallery,\u201d Kott said. \u201cSpank Salon is the perfect venue for such a show: combining both pop-culture and hair-culture.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Singer

Singer Tori Amos<\/p><\/div>\n

These Oakland-based artists whipped up nearly two dozen paintings, mostly of actors \u2014 including cast members from Chris Carter\u2019s \u201cX-Files\u201d and Joss Whedon\u2019s \u201cBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u201d and \u201cFirefly\u201d TV shows \u2014 and musicians like Tori Amos and Neko Case. But they also include several downright obscure pieces, including those of \u201cgonzo journalist\u201d Jon Ronson and Grace Coddington, creative director of Vogue<\/em> magazine. \u201cIt\u2019s more a counterculture kind of thing than pop culture,\u201d said Kott, who attended fashion school.<\/p>\n

Kott fully expects that visitors will present them with lists of perceived omissions. \u201cThere are many more that we would have liked to do,\u201d Kott said, including “Buffy” actress Alyson Hannigan; Fred and George Weasley from \u201cHarry Potter\u201d and Captain Kathryn Janeway from \u201cStar Trek: Voyager.\u201d But they pared their list down \u201cdue to time constraints and sanity.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Woody

Woody Allen<\/p><\/div>\n

Viewing each artist\u2019s solo work – Kott with her swirling watercolors and DeVine\u2019s detailed fantasy drawings – it is remarkable that the two were able to sync their styles to create such a cohesive body of work for \u201cGINGERLY,\u201d united to the point that they don\u2019t intend to identify which artist created which piece. \u201cWe\u2019re slowly but surely coming into this as a partnership, a little more nameless and collaborative,\u201d Kott said of the teamwork that grew out of the Wednesday night \u201cDrinking & Drawing Club\u201d they started at Caf\u00e9 van Kleef in Oakland almost two years ago. \u201cCreating art as a team, you share the glory and the pain of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

A reception for \u201cGINGERLY\u201d will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, March 16. Children are welcome but, per the salon\u2019s website, \u201cDon\u2019t bring your little brats up in here and let them run around like the little demons they are … unless they are really really good.\u201d (Maybe the parents would get another application of the lash<\/em>?) The work will be on display for six weeks.<\/p>\n

Spank Salon is located at 1912 Clement Avenue. (510) 521-9100. http:\/\/spanksalon.com<\/a>. They are open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, and on Sunday by appointment.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Michael Singman-Aste
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