1) David Lynch, ‘Boy Lights Fire’, 20102) David Lynch, 'Pete Goes to His Girlfriend’s Ho
1) David Lynch, ‘Boy Lights Fire’, 20102) David Lynch, 'Pete Goes to His Girlfriend’s House’, 2009Yes, THAT David Lynch. He was a visual artist before he was a director. “The years after 2006 bring a surge of painting and drawing, with more than 50 pieces on view. Here, the trend is toward a kind of faux outsider art. There are simple cartoon drawings of houses, airplanes, factories and people doing bad things. Most impressive are large works from 2009 and 2010 featuring violently deranged puppetlike characters on sheets of brown cardboard to which the artist adds three-dimensional elements and glowing light bulbs.In “Boy Lights Fire,” the lumpy figure of a demented child wearing a real toddler-size striped shirt and underpants holds up a giant book of matches with gloved hands attached to long arms made of sticks. In the distance a doll-size female figure with a gun guards her house. “I Burn Pinecone and Throw In Your House” and “Pete Goes to His Girlfriend’s House” are works in a similar vein, seemingly made by a psychiatric patient nursing festering grudges.” (Source) -- source link
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