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Double Lever Woman

Back in 1997 Scott Radke looked at a chrome plated double lever from his local

liquor store in Cleveland, Ohio and his mind immediately turned it into a

woman. It is prominently displayed in his drawing entitled Bottle Opener. After

receiving the poster, I pressed Scott for some details. He responded

It was one of those times we all have in our early 20s when relationships are a bit

overwhelming. I guess I was trying to say that women mess up your head but I

really don

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t think literally when I am working it just sort of comes out and I have

nothing against women or anything like that. I just had some crazy girlfriends

back then.

Scott adds:

I feel most comfortable working from the inside out rather than the outside in.

This results in work that often reflects the release of imagery stored in my head

as a result of living and working in the city of Cleveland. It

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s like scraping and

cleaning out the characters and scenes that have been visually collected over

time, coalescing with each other, until they are released in some hybrid form into

my artwork, much like how dreams reflect unusual outputs created by bizarre

combinations of real and

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unreal

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experiences.

Scott has produced an interesting variety paintings, drawings, murals, sand

sculptures, and puppets. His Bottle Opener drawing is 30

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x 36

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in the original

and 13

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x 19

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in poster copies.