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While typecast TV stars have quotation-marked middle names for faster recognition -- witness Jaleel "Urkel" White -- it's quite uncommon for a fine artist and portraitist. But avant photographer Heidi "Bluegirl" Calvert, whose photographic retrospective opens with a reception from 6:30 p.m. to midnight at Perihelion Arts on Friday, July 1, is no common shootist. Inspired by the fame-lusting Andy Warhol Factory crowd of the 1960s, she set up her own raw artists' space on Hollywood Boulevard called Bluespace, which recreates that synergy for Gen X- and Y-ers too young to know Edie Sedgwick from Edie Brickell. In Calvert's sensual-gone-sensational character studies, you find such notable eyefuls as "Future Cult Icon Lenora Claire" and Amber Ray, who Calvert captured in a vaginal monolithic pose with the Empire State Building that straddles the fine line between sexy and silly. Like a naughty dream date, Calvert's work isn't afraid to express sexuality. Or visit construction sites and rooftops! Perihelion Arts is located at 1500 Grand Avenue. Admission to the exhibit, which runs through July 30, is free. Call 602-462-9120 or visit www.perihelionarts.com. -- Serene Dominic
courtesy of Heidi Calvert and Perihelion Arts
The art's still beating at Perihelion.
Pepper Machay. (Say it out loud.)
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