More great work. I can’t help but think of Warhol a bit when I look at this piece. The use of pop-culture iconography like the Legos is an inspired choice. It’s a unique choice for the artist to use as his blank canvas to explore his particular color palette. I am particularly excited to see the artist’s choices regarding the background. I think the hard bold outline of the Lego character created tension inside the artist, and he needed to color outside the lines if you will. Some lines like some rules of society can feel constraining, and the artist always wants to break free and function outside of them. I feel this piece speaks to that desire.
- John (Father) on March 28, 2023
I’m afraid the textile and fabric arts is not my area of expertise. So I can’t speak competently about the technique. But I can say I enjoy it. Although the painter in me, does see a bit of a connection to Rauschenberg’s paintings. Particularly the one with the bedspread.
- John (Father) on March 28, 2023
More great work. Juan Miro eat your heart out. Where Miro was a bit too “surfacey” and lacked deeper meaning this work seems to gently suggest a human face. The deconstruction of the elements of a face is handled MUCH more delicately than what Picasso TRIED to do with analytical cubism, or was it synthetic cubism, I forget. Synthetic, I think. Yes, it was synthetic cubism. So this work makes me feel like this is the type of work Miro would have produced if he tried synthetic cubism.
- John (Father) on March 28, 2023
Great work! The thick interior works well with the thinner exterior line. It gives a 3 dimensional feel to the work. Although black is not a color, its use with the fully saturated colors works well. There is no visual contrast greater than black and white so it helps to draw the eye to the “e”. Finally, the tangent of the dot on the letter “I” with the bottom of the “R” helps to flatten out the space, it seems like a continuous attempt to flat out the space because it was NOT overlapped. Very interesting contrast…the flat space and the 3 dimensional use of letters. It’s not exactly what Hans Hoffman tries to do with his “push/pull” paintings but still there is something similar there.
