Travis Louie, Krampus Mug Shot, 2010, acrylic on board, 16 x 20" • Sold
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Percy Carruthors had a fascination with the myth of the Krampus. Everywhere he looked he thought he saw evidence of their existence. Krampus were known to punish people in peculiar, ironic ways. Really aggressive, alpha-male types were found unconscious wearing mismatched women’s evening wear, abusive tax appraisers were dressed as pigs, all their earnings forcibly given away to charity, and various members of the “self-important†society around him were found dangling from lamp posts or stuck to railroad billboards.
The glazed look in their eyes and the muttering of the word “Krampus†seemed like obvious clues. Strangely, these happenings went unnoticed by everyone in the precinct he worked in. Percy’s co-workers made jokes about him, saying he had “Krampusitis†for his constant obsession, until the day a large Krampus turned himself in for “child-juggling.†Percy gladly took the mugshots.
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