In “The Junior Classic”, Michael Ezzell builds a strange world of ancient books – Colossal
It is not often that a technical school project in high schools turns into a line in the professional practice of the artist, but for the painter and the print maker Michael isolationThis is exactly what a continuous chain for him Classic Junior child. Show pages from old books, try with a collection of media, synthetic elements and novels that inspire more paintings and publications.
“When I was starting, I was only drawing on the text of the page and creating something new from some worldly books that I own,” I told Ezzell Golossal. “Ultimately, I evolved into the use of the page or the decorative chapter addresses as a jumping point for what I will create on the page.”
Among many other things, Ezzell is especially attracted towards it Classical fees in Is it not in the country of wonders? A series, which was originally drew by Sir John Tenil and re -imagined during the subsequent decades by more than half a scale of other artists such as Mapil Lucy Atwell, Gyneid M. Hudson, Maria L. Kirk, and even Salvador Dali.
“I got more book hunting to science now,” says the artist. “I am looking for strange and mysterious evidence or books for children with a lot of images or coordinating the unconventional text. Anything that can have strange indications when removing them from the context is what I was attracted to.” It approaches the characteristics inherent in each page-printed phrase or a small drawing-like a router or response, which inhales in a different type of problem solving from working on a large empty fabric.
Ezzell is particularly concerned with world construction and overwhelming stories, and takes his preacher decorations and characters from Taro, surreal study, play papers, and fashion in the early twentieth century. The chain title gestures to a group of 10 books entitled Young classicsand It was published for the first time in 1912, which was dedicated to young readers as a counterpart to Harvard classics series.
Classic Junior It consists of more than 400 pieces (growing), and Ezzell is currently working on the surface of its taru, which in turn inspires the possibilities of more narration. See more about the artist Website and Instagram.
