Bookworms Never Go to Bed Alone

By: Royce Akers
Article published: 1st Jul 09
Medium: Illustration
Drink: Anything, as long as you look good holding it

Bookworms Never Go to Bed Alone

What:
Bookworms Never Go to Bed Alone, Kelly Thompson

Where:
Gorker Gallery, 395 Gore St, Fitzroy

When:
Launching Thurs July 2, 6.30-8.30pm
Exhibition runs until July 19

Q: How many nerdy girls does it take to change a light-bulb?
A: Don't know, don't care.

Just kidding. A few people care. More importantly, when nerdy girls grow up and blossom into cluey, weirdly intimidating alterna-hotties with amazing taste in music, I care. When you think about it, who doesn't love a girl who is equally comfortable talking about Studio Ghibli movies as she is scoring pingers at four in the morning?

Gorker Gallery presents Bookworms Never Go to Bed Alone, a new body of work by NZ artist Kelly Thompson. Comprising paintings, illustrations, prints and more, this (let's be honest) sexy exhibition proves the old adage that inside every clever nerdy girl, there's a girl too clever to remain nerdy. Be there and be square.