»Well Hung«, a Fundraiser for Free Arts NYC: opens March 5th at The Chelsea Chapter at +aRt, 540 West 28th Street, New York NY 10001.
( … the Art of Michael Anderson … )
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From the press release:
The artist’s unique and meticulous studio practice, which exclusively utilizes billboards and street posters, is both confined and defined by a fixed scale, easily digestible messages and pop culture imagery. Anderson strips the original advertisements of their power of persuasion and employs them for something much more complex and insightful. By seducing our undisciplined attention spans, Anderson adds emotional dimension and narrative to images that originally held none. Abstraction and representation collide; repetition of specific fragments of imagery, some static and others swimming, mingle to hypnotize the viewer, luring him to decode the non-linear message hidden beneath the bright, enticing surface design. “I make art about the world we live in,” says Anderson.
Opening November 18th, 2010
Claire Oliver
512 W 26th Street
New York City
Michael Anderson is in a group show at Marlborough Chelsea until May 29th, 2010.
Michael Anderson is in a group show at The Butcher’s Daughter in Detroit.
The New York Times reports on Michael Andersons Times Square Target billboard that will eventually become Anna Sui tote bags.
More info over at Marlborough Gallery.
Graffiti takes something that already exists, the street, public property, architecture, and adds to it. It’s public work in its purest form and therefore can be taken and added to by the public. I see the Ace Hotel as more an homage rather than a proud display of a “fanbot’s” collection.
Read the full article about Michael Anderson’s Ace Hotel lobby piece in Whitewall Magazine.
