(Fig. 1) Chuck Nanney, Mudhoney, 1989. (Fig. 2 Left) Richard Aldrich, Ufo (left), 2006; Untitled (right), 2007. (Fig. 2 Right) Amy O'Neill, The Golden Nest, 2007.

(Fig. 1 Left) Banks Violette, Kill Youself - Twin, 2006. (Fig. 1 Right) Amy Granat's experimental film Chemical Scratch Film n1, 2003. (Fig. 2) Blair Thurman, Vanishing Point 2-3, 1999. The "Bastard Creature" special exhibition was held at the Palais de Tokyo Contemporary Art Center in Paris from May 24 to August 26. Steven Parrick is not only an artist, art critic, curator, and experimental filmmaker, but also a punk figure who actively practices his artistic ideals and viewpoints, often crossing established boundaries to explore possibilities within diversity. Bastard Creature refers to two exhibitions curated by Steven Parrick based on his artistic perspective: "Bastard Kids of Drella Part 9" at Le Consortium Contemporary Art Center in Dijon, France, in 1999, and "The Return of the Creature" at Kunsthaus Bregenz, Palais Thurn und Taxis, Switzerland, in 2003. These works clearly revolve around objects, environmental space installations, and experimental film or video art within the postmodern trend, featuring a new generation of artists whom he has collaborated with or unconditionally supported: Richard Aldrich, Cinema Zepo, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Amy Granat, Jutta Koether, Richard Kern, Michael Lavine, Chuck Nanney, Amy O'Neill, Mai-Thu Perret, Blair Thurman, Elizabeth Valdez, Banks Violette, and others. Through these, it is evident that the art concerned by Steven Parrick reflects his foresight and viewpoint on contemporary trends.

The "Bastard Creature" special exhibition is built upon the two thematic exhibitions curated by Steven Parrick. In post-painting forms, painting becomes an object, behavior, and consciousness, such as Richard Aldrich's minimalist and text-collage paintings, Chuck Nanney's painting objects, or Mai-Thu Perret's object-paintings. Objects construct painting forms (quite flat) and environmental spaces, such as Blair Thurman's Vanishing Point 2-3, shaped by pink neon tubes (resembling a sports car). Environmental space installations include Banks Violette's 2006 work Kill Youself - Twin, constructed from white industrial light tubes and steel plates. Amy O'Neill's The Golden Nest combines objects and videos (parade floats and float objects) to form narrative scenes. Finally, there is Amy Granat's experimental audio-visual film or video art. This exhibition clearly reveals several exploratory contexts and directions in contemporary art.