Underworld Amusements is proud to release Peter H. Gilmore’s “Goat of Mendes” as its first fine art print. Close work with Magus Gilmore on all stages of production has been done to create an appropriate representation of his work. Kevin I. Slaughter has personally printed each canvas using a high-end large format giclee process and has hand cut the frames and assembled each final piece of this edition of 33. Each print is numbered and signed by the artist and comes with a certificate of authenticity.

Painted in 1982, nearly two decades before he was to become High Priest of the Church of Satan, Peter H. Gilmore was morphing the occult illustration of Eliphas Levi into a truly Satanic figure. From transforming the wings into those of the Chiroptera, to replacing the merely representative phallus with an unabashed erect penis, Gilmore’s painting is fierce and carnal while evoking a powerful mythological effigy.
The image was used as an illustration for Magus Gilmore’s first book The Satanic Scriptures, published by Scapegoat Publishing in 2007. The limited hardback and slipcased editions features this image printed in full color on the case wraps, and all editions feature a black and white version on the first page of the book.

For information on how to purchase this print, visit the Germophilia website!

High Priest of the Church of Satan and author of The Satanic Scriptures, Peter H. Gilmore, will be on hand for signings at the opening of the Germophilia gallery show featuring some of his collage and painting work.

Date:     Friday, August 7, 2009
Time:     5:00pm – 9:00pm
Location:     Jennifer Bates Gallery @ Germ Books
Street:     2005 FRANKFORD AVE
City/Town:     Philadelphia, PA

Underworld Amusements presents:

GERMOPHILIA

GERMOPHILIA is about loving the disease. The disease is one of this world, the reason why your parents lied about there being a god and the Easter bunny. It’s the flesh, the darkness, the idea that freedom is not given – but taken. GERMOPHILIA presents a collection of artists with a wide range of styles and mediums together to serve as a catalyst to spread just that sickness…
The cutesy cheesecake of Stacey Barich will stir the loins, the totalitarian and infernal collage and painting of Peter H. Gilmore (Church of Satan), the disturbing clash of beauty and tragedy of the photos of Christopher R. Mealie (SexCats!), the worship of strength found in the paintings of Jack Malebranche (author of Androphilia: A Manifesto), the perverse misanthropy of Stephanie Crabe (Motel Bizarre), the haunting dreamworld canvasses of Stephen Kasner (Stephen Kasner: Works 1993-2006), and more. Nine artists presenting a collective picture of the world that subverts that status quo without slipping into the arms of the usual suspects. As a thirst for knowledge is a sin, GERMOPHILIA is a disease that will feed your eyes, mind and passion.

Underworld Amusements Variety Hour conducted interviews with all of the artists participating in the show and made them availablevia podcast. Available from the UA website,  iTunes, and RadioFreeSatan.com. Two truncated versions of the print catalog are available in PDF form to view along with the podcasts.

UAVH Germophilia Special 1 – Donovan, Mealie, Barich

UAVH Germophilia Special 2 – Kasner, Crabe, Gilmore, Slaughter, Tydings

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