Hajime Sorayama's girl gives the car a run for its money...

As Detroit readies itself for the city's annual orgy of industrial self-indulgence with the opening of the North American International Auto Show this Saturday, Motown's most relevant gallery, C-POP gives the revelers a taste of blood and rust with "Carnivora," its concurrent group show curated by New York's LES BARANY celebrating the dark side of the tail fin. Featuring original works by over 50 artists including Hajime Sorayama, R. Crumb, Glenn Barr, Robert Williams, Ford GT designer Camillo Pardo, HR Giger, Stanley Mouse, Ron English, and Mark Mothersbaugh, the show is a tour-de-force of stylistic prowess and a grand homage to the greatest invention of the 20th century. HAVE A LOOK (and read more HERE):

KEITH WEESNER

VIKTOR KOEN

Carnivoristas Daphne and Ida Slaughter...

DAN QUINTANA

STANLEY MOUSE

Curater Les Barany and double trouble...

CAMILLO PARDO

D HUANG'S CONCEPT SKETCH...

AND THE REAL THING...

ROBERT WILLIAMS

Daphne, Chris X and Mistress Zena

VINCENT CASTIGLIA

RON ENGLISH

DEMETRIOS VAKRAS

Freak flags fly...

RICH RETHORN

ROBERT LA DUKE

POOCH

DAVID BURKE

PAUL RUMSEY

STEPHEN BLICKENSTAFF

MARTIN WITFOOTH

NIAGARA

Barany get his just desserts...

NICK WEBER

KENNETH WILLIAMS

MARK BRYAN

EL SHAG

MARK MOTHERSBAUGH

MARSHALL ARISMAN

JK POTTER

COOP

KAZUHIKO NAKAMURA

JERAL TIDWELL

HR GIGER

JOSH BRONAUGH

GUY ATCHISON

GREG BROTHERTON

FRANZ KOZIK

GOLDMINE SHITHOUSE

GLENN BARR

CHET ZAR