Gothic Romance

Bill Christman is the bohemian genius behind Beatnik Bob’s Museum of Mayhem, Mystery and Mirth inside St. Louis’ world-renowned City Museum. A life-long aficionado and painter of signs, his passion for a fading vernacular is expressed in The Art of the Sign exhibit, which will run through the end of June at the Ars Populi Gallery. This amazing hoard of Americana spans works from the 1920s through the 1960s and features everything from neon flamenco dancers to terra cotta ice cream cones. Put together by Christman and his fellow enthusiast, Greg Rhomberg, it features a wide range of symbolic gems from both local and national collections.