“Hell Hath No Fury” and “Heaven’s on Fire”- a dueling review by Chantal de Felice

21 Sep “Hell Hath No Fury” and “Heaven’s on Fire”- a dueling review by Chantal de Felice

After attending the openings for “Hell Hath No Fury” at Rothick Art Haus in Anaheim and “Heaven’s on Fire” at Artists Republic for Tomorrow in Laguna Beach, both this past Saturday night, I was like, “fuck, YEAH!!”

Well, it was late and I was pretty exhausted from so much good art intake, so I didn’t yell it out loud or fist pump or anything, but the emotion was totally there.

Aside from being inspired by the caliber of work generated and exhibited in this fair County, I felt like I had just been privy to an epic battle of an ancient war, being waged in fire, right here on earth: Boys VS Girls. It’s fitting that I just started reading a copy of “In Defense of Women”, written in 1918 by a tauntingly contemptuous H.L. Mencken, (picked up at Bookmachine Friday night) and will use his passages like rowdy jeers from the sidelines throughout this review.

“Once the game is fairly set, she searches out his weaknesses with the utmost delicacy and accuracy, and plays upon them with all her superior resources.”

My night began in the depths of “Hell”… well, at least in the bar to the back of the gallery at Rothick, where owner and artist Kelly Castillo offered me up a choice of Marshmallow or Whipped Cream vodka mixed with ginger ale (“hey, it’s just like cream soda!”).

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