Published February 5, 2010 by Molly
Is it fair to call them the prettiest drawings in the world? Michael Krueger’s images of solitary figures in mystical landscapes are like encapsulations of the human struggle. Beautiful encapsulations! Each image is a mini-philosophical tract, doling out gentle lessons about vulnerability and progress and folly. Mapped against rainbow-striped skies, the figures contain all sorts of multitudes. Make sure your hankie is nearby, and don’t be surprised if a tear squeezes out.
Krueger teaches at the University of Kansas (count his students lucky) and churns out lithographs when he’s not putting pen to paper. Refer yourself to the great Fecal Face interview, and don’t forget that hankie!
Published January 14, 2010 by Molly
Maybe you can’t judge a book by its cover, but you can definitely make a case for judging an artist by his iconography. Former graffiti-artist Jesse Hazelip’s chosen body of images includes visuals drawn from a bygone American natural landscape (buffalos, herons) as well as starker images of World War II bomber planes and weaponry. Hazelip’s juxtapositions of the two yield works equally provocative on aesthetic and political grounds.
Check out his new show, Sentimental Journey, up at White Walls in San Francisco until January 30th. (The scrupulous mixed-media pieces are realized on a larger-than-life scale, and they definitely benefit from real-life viewing.)
Worth mentioning also that the artist keeps things interesting on his blog with studio photos and snaps of pieces applied to the streets of Oakland (as well as the occasional post-buffing aftermath of such jaunts.)
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