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September 1, 2011 1:38 PM Subscribe
West LA artist David Jien makes art equally informed by Chinese scrolls, Nintendo games, Lego instructions and graffiti.
Some of these look oddly like the US covers of Stanislaw Lem books from the 60s/70s.
posted by GenjiandProust at 2:39 PM on September 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by GenjiandProust at 2:39 PM on September 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
It looks like he's very influenced by Paul Noble, who draws massive-scale pictures of towns with messages hidden in them. Here's a link to a Guardian article about him.
Jian's work seems... nice. Very graphic, if that's your bag. I'm big into art, and I'm also interested to see what comes up as a FPP - but I'm yet to see anything that's really interesting. Contemporary art does a lot of projects that are just right out there (music made by fish and a rainbow made of lasers, to name two) but it seems that what makes it onto the Blue are, mainly, pretty conservative. I mean, this is no shit machine. But it is a lot prettier.
posted by The River Ivel at 4:49 PM on September 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
Jian's work seems... nice. Very graphic, if that's your bag. I'm big into art, and I'm also interested to see what comes up as a FPP - but I'm yet to see anything that's really interesting. Contemporary art does a lot of projects that are just right out there (music made by fish and a rainbow made of lasers, to name two) but it seems that what makes it onto the Blue are, mainly, pretty conservative. I mean, this is no shit machine. But it is a lot prettier.
posted by The River Ivel at 4:49 PM on September 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
I enjoyed that and I was all ready to hate it.
posted by bonobothegreat at 7:59 PM on September 1, 2011
posted by bonobothegreat at 7:59 PM on September 1, 2011
His use of colors reminds me of Mughal art. The horses look very Tang though.
posted by of strange foe at 9:28 AM on September 2, 2011
posted by of strange foe at 9:28 AM on September 2, 2011
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