A GLAZED REBELLION: SCOTT GARCEAU'S HOLE-HEARTED ART AT THE CRUCIBLE GALLERY

It's going to be a quiet riot. Think of distressed American flags, tattered and oozing with blood, bulleted by skulls, dollar signs, upside-down crosses and sad emojis in lieu of white stars.

- IGAN D'BAYAN

artmageddon t's going to be a quiet riot. Think of distressed American flags, tattered and oozing with blood, bulleted by skulls, dollar signs, upside-down crosses and sad emojis in lieu of white stars. That's Scott Garceau's idea for his next painting project in reaction to last year's American presidential elections. But for now, he's serving donuts: massive, pink-frosted, sometimes-sprinkled sugar bombs that hover, loom and flatten everything around them. The backdrop, in this case, are some of the most iconic rock 'n' roll records ever released.

The monolith that the guys from The Who relieved themselves upon on the "Who's Next" album has been replaced with... a donut. The pulsar pulses from Joy Division's "Unknown Pleasures" form... a donut. The oiled, ultra-limber, goddess-like Grace Jones in "Island Life" contorts in front of... a donut. Well, you get the picture.

Was there a specific moment or idea that sparked this series?

Garceau explains, "I know it was during Covid, when we were ordering lots of food. And listening to lots of records. I initially thought of combining album covers with different foods — fruits, strawberries, bananas — and my first idea was the Vargas model on The Cars album reclining on a huge donut. I guess I was also thinking of Magritte with the huge green apple filling up the room. So I just narrowed it to donuts because they were big and round."

Big and round like those vinyl long-playing records: rubber rings that make us smile/cry and have saved a lot of lives (cue The Smiths' track from the "Louder Than Bombs" record).