Crazy4Cult 2012!! In NY!! So easy to get to from Philly! And yet on that day, I am up in Vermont! However, the day had many other wonderful things happening not in the general perusal of this little blog. Let's just say it involved a change of the face book status:). So I've been pretty disENGAGED with my blog over the summer, so much so that this piece for one of the biggest shows of my year, has opened without promotion from me, and the piece has already sold! I finished this about two months ago, and then had in the studio itching for release only to be late to the party. Yarg!! Anyhow, the show has done really well, and great to see the NY press coverage. So here it is, "The Path of Shaun", 9" x 12", ink and gouache on paper.
Like the maps I've been doing of late, I think the dogged pursuit of simply following the character tells a lot about the movie. In this case, a pretty intense back and forth between a few places, the Winchester, Shaun's house, Liz's house, and all of the zig-zaggier path come when the zombies come and Shaun gets out of his rut. It's a sort of dry approach - but I think of them as doing two things: they allow the viewer to follow the experience of the entire movie in a really condensed frame, with some fun little details, and humor, and they also have a bit of an info-graphic/anthropological study feel. I do try to shape them for clarity, but when you start connecting the dots, these patterns start emerging from the plot in a very simple stripped down way. There not all that much control in these very controlled piece and that's really fun. I'm working on more movie maps for a two man show in January at G1988's Venice location - and those are getting really crazy!:)
There's some fun little details around the Winchester.
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| photo by HalfBaiked |
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