May 11, 2021
Submitted Art
Mack Schroerâs Big Lebowski is a mixed media piece in the âPop Carsâ collection.
Two vibrant, pop culture-infused exhibitions went on display today at a joint show of the Taube Museum of Art and the Northwest Arts Center at Minot State University. A public reception will be held Thursday. The display includes Mack Schroer’s illustrated “Pop Cars” and “Wild Rides” posters, curated from the private collection of Laurie Geller. On display until June 8, the exhibition is split evenly between the two galleries with a unique view at each location.
“Pop Cars” began in early 2018 as a single doodle of Homer Simpson on a driver’s daily log sheet. With the computer system down at a salt water disposal site, Schroer, an oil field trucker at the time, resorted to using a hand-kept ledger on Keller’s Daily Logs. Scrawled etch-a-sketch lines became a cityscape that soon beckoned a portrait of Homer Simpson.