For every artist who elaborates on the outer edge of experience, there’s another burrowing away at root causes.This is a small survey of root diggers and bone lovers, those who bring complexity to simple forms and would rather strip bare than decorate, even when they’re painting on a plate.
A suspiciously simple sense of life is that it is in any one man conclusive. (Robert Creeley)
I see some similarities in these images, but are you trying to point out work made from urban detritus (Zervas, Hammons, Avienne) or work that is simple in execution (Ruscha, Lee) or simple in form (Ziegler, Lvie). I guess I don’t know what commonalities you’re pointing out.
Hi Lucas. Artists fall into two groups. Some add, and some subtract. These are the latter.