Royal court funk

Barococo, the title of local artist Tony Natsoulas’ show at the Crocker, sounds like it was coined by colliding baroque with rococo. Would Louis XVI be amused? Perhaps he’d lose his head over Natsoulas’ whimsically funky busts, which have a lot of fun with royal excess, tarting them up with various brightly colored cues, some of which would give a historian the conniptions. One woman is covered with bows holding a baby mermaid; another smiling turbaned woman has little cherubs gathered about her; another woman, holding a frame she peeks through, is sporting a huge wig topped by a cat. And there are more. The show will be up through September 29 at the Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St., open Tuesday through Sunday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (and until 9 p.m. Thursday), $6 (adults), $4 (seniors), $3 (students w/I.D.), free (kids under 6; everyone on Sunday from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.).