| Divers
Revisited
was a no-brainer choice when it came time to make the album cover
for Am I a Genius Yet?
This is probably my favorite crayon drawing of the whole damn bunch;
it demonstrates perfectly what you can do with the medium.
I
found this coloring book of famous abstract paintings of the 20th
Century, including works by Picasso, Klee, Mondrian, Leger (well,
duh), Matisse, Miro, and so on. I thought this was a wonderful way
to expose children to a form of high art which is, quite frankly,
more in tune with their sensibilities than the adults. This gives
me the opportunity to revisit the past via my own lens; look to
Woman in Native Costume Revisited
for another example.
This
piece is made entirely with crayons, and was carefully and meticulously
assembled over one feverish evening at a coffeeshop at the University
of Minnesota. I wanted to interpret the original artwork through
my own style and sense of color. I was also fortunate in that this
particular page centered the original frame; the added empty space
was just the thing I needed. This piece couldn't work without it. |
