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info on my upcoming solo show. along with this show will come an updated website and portfolio, so stay tuned!

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it without a sense of ironic futility.”
Errol Morris

The Heroes of Non-Fiction
New work by Mike Bertino, exploring the nature of self-reinvention and the growing cultural demand for self-made protagonists.
By removing the line that separates fact and entertainment, expertise and the uneducated, Bertino layers commentary and insight on a generation raised by cartoons, videogames, and media. He creates a world so overloaded with cultural options and noise, all information is equalized in strength of voice and merit.  A world where aesthetics and charisma determine truth so harshly, that self-worth, cultural-history, and reality give way to interpretation and a void of intellectual neglect.

“A hero is someone who rebels or seems to rebel against the facts of existence and seems to conquer them.”
Jim Morrison

thedrawingclub.com 

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on other news… I’m working on a piece for the new fantagraphics Beasts book. the new book has some really awesome artists in it! AND- I just spent a week in portland. pics and news from that coming soon.