Mark Todd
In assoluto uno dei piu grandi illustratori,disegnatori che io abbia mai incontrato nel web,di una semplicità evocativa commovente,nella sua grafica c'è tutto e di piu oltre all'Air du temps a quella sottile malinconia che ci riporta ai disegni degli albi che collezionavamo con infinita passione, Ironia,stupore,enfasi,azione,tutto il linguaggio del fumetto giocato con una libertà e un disincanto senza eguali,assolutamente un grande e forse chiedersi se Basquiat non è passato da queste "parti" quando ha illustrato gli slum,la metropoli come sappiamo attraverso un grafismo graffitista, primitivista,rozzo nudo,secco sino all'osso....
‘ Painter, illustrator and author Mark Todd took his first creative cues from comic books and Star Wars: worlds of inventive fantasy that still inform his art. His latest work involves intense scrutiny and alteration of classic comic covers from “Fantastic Four,” “X-Men,” “Iron Man,” “Spiderman” and other series, including the work of legendary illustrators like Jack Kirby. “I love the type, the heavy shadows, the colors and the way they seemed to use very inch of the page,” says Todd. “I sit and study them, and my brush reconstructs them.” Todd is referencing the past, waxing nostalgic about it and simultaneously lending his own post-modern sensibility to it, employing a limited palette, repetition, distortion and mixed media materials including spray paint, cel-vinyl, glossy varnishes and dusty stains. The pieces are rounded at the edges, appearing as prized objects; tablets encoded with civilization’s most iconic collective wisdom. ‘
‘ Painter, illustrator and author Mark Todd took his first creative cues from comic books and Star Wars: worlds of inventive fantasy that still inform his art. His latest work involves intense scrutiny and alteration of classic comic covers from “Fantastic Four,” “X-Men,” “Iron Man,” “Spiderman” and other series, including the work of legendary illustrators like Jack Kirby. “I love the type, the heavy shadows, the colors and the way they seemed to use very inch of the page,” says Todd. “I sit and study them, and my brush reconstructs them.” Todd is referencing the past, waxing nostalgic about it and simultaneously lending his own post-modern sensibility to it, employing a limited palette, repetition, distortion and mixed media materials including spray paint, cel-vinyl, glossy varnishes and dusty stains. The pieces are rounded at the edges, appearing as prized objects; tablets encoded with civilization’s most iconic collective wisdom. ‘
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