To describe The Dark Bob as an artist or an entertainer doesn’t begin to tell the story of what he does, but it will do as a beginning. A free-wheeling combination of Will Rogers and David Bowie, The Dark Bob was part of the first generation of performance artists that flourished in the restless art world of Los Angeles in the 1970s. Above all else, The Dark Bob is a storyteller, and every facet of his shows comes together to create a narrative; the abiding subject of his stories is love in all its permutations, and the dark forces that threaten it. He has a messianic zeal for the subject, and he speaks of love with an exquisite combination of the absurd and the profound that is the source of his genius. In the tradition of Andy Warhol, The Dark Bob embraces pop culture at the same time that he parodies it. He favors the extravagant costuming of a Vegas performer – feathered tights, harem pants, a skirt, heavy make-up – but his shows have the low-tech production values associated with performance art. At a glance, fine art appears to play a subtle role in The Dark Bob’s work, however, he came of age as a creative person worshipping in the church of high Modernism, and fine art is the anchor of his work. He has released music on his own label M.I.T.B. Records (Money In The Bank), as well as PolyGram/Polydor, High Performance Records, Chronic Music, Museum of Contemporary Art, LA Audioworks and the San Francisco Art Institute.