Afterwords: Lab coat for a mad scientist

 

Detail of Harkrader's 'Afterwords', a lab coat he wore at the Studios on the Square for 4 years.

 Soiled with the paint of many paintings, Harkrader embellished the jacket with collage from fashion and culture magazines, in addition to figurative drawings in paint on the front, rear, sleeves, cuffs, etc. The lab coat was exhibited in an exhibition at KRONOS Gallery located in Staunton, Virginia approx. 2007. Content circling the collage above contains the text 'Afterwords' which is one of his and Elle's favorite breakfast houses in Dupont Circle / Connecticut Ave, Washington, DC. They made multiple trips to DC's Aaron Gallery, which still represents Harkrader's work. Afterwords Cafe and Grill is located in Kramerbooks.

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Washington, DC / Aaron Gallery

From right; Annette Aaron, Director of Aaron Gallery in Washington, DC with artist Javier Cabada and Chico Harkrader, May 2010. Followed by drinks at the Black Fox Lounge, Dupont Circle and dinner at the French 'Bistro du Coin' across Connecticut Ave. The best room and breakfast at Carlyle Suites on New Hampshire.
Cabada was born 1931, in Barcelona, Spain. Cabada studied at the Massana Art School-Barcelona and the National School of Fine Arts, Lima Peru. He currently lives in Washington D.C