Cold Pop collects three separate but related bodies of work by artist Mark DeLong. The first is a series of 40 cartoon drawings, in which DeLong plays with the narrative format by injecting his 6-panel “comic strips” with blank space, X-ed out text, and non sequiturs. The second is a selection of painted ceramic egg sculptures, and the third is a collection of the wobbly line drawings for which Delong is best known.

“Delong combines dreamlike associations with movie and television references that, though tongue-in-cheek and humorous, border on the horrific. The vast network of associations – anthropomorphized raisins, rabbits, and and cats – mingle in an absurd and anxiety-laden world where figures wrestle with their neuroses, boredom, unrequited lust, and romantic rejection.” –from the publisher