Trenton Doyle Hancock

Trenton Doyle Hancock really captured my attention, following the video we saw in class. The way he portrays his point of views is extremely interesting. He is a modern young artist, who uses a vivid imagination when creating his art pieces. The way he incoporates his comic perspective into the realism he experienced as a young boy is amazing. His creation of "mounds" (good) and "vegans" (evil) along with his own inner super hero "Torpedo Boy" has catipultate him into one of the most famous artist of today. As I browsed the internet, I ran into this mural created by Trenton Doyle Hancock. It located in Cowboy Stadium.

 

                                                   Trenton Doyle Hancock
                                              From a Legend to a Choir (2009)                                                           Vinyl print
                                                      Approximately 41 feet by 108 feet
                                              Located on SE Ramp Wall (silver - star levels)

It states that here he is representing his own version of The Garden of Eden and The Summer of Love. The medium here would have to include the vinyl and the actual substance used to print. i.e. ink, or whether its screenprinted or painted. Here he uses the different vibrant colors and the size of his murals to draw people into his painting. His "mounds" are attention hoggers, for anyone within a close area. A great portion of his artwork, whether it be paintings or collages have to do with how he was raised. He is the son of a preacher, and actually uses this to his advantage. He creations have a storyline line where good fights evil and the ending just leaves you asking who won?

Legend Loid Trenton Hancock simple style of symbolic saga of formations left me to wonders what thoughts or what part of his brains produce such bizarre images. What events occurred in his life to allow such visions? As I gazed at the print of the Legend Loid, I wondered did each of the allegorical creatures represent someone in his past. I found myself in the point of a endless time. I wanted to know who could each creature represent. I was sure the creature that masturbated on the flowers was Hancock known as ( Torpedo Boy). Cora Thomas

Umm... Robert Crumb!?

A LSD user, Robert Crumb contributed his weird style to his long use of this psychedelic drug.
In this piece, Crumb depicts these characters to match the weirdly written word next to it. He shows these youthful girls as something so "weird" and misunderstood. You can't really tell exactly what they are doing. We as the audience is confused and I feel this is exactly how Crumb wants us to feel. He uses a simple pen and paper as his medium. With this, you get the image jumping off the paper. Any comically drawn figure isn't meant to be taken too seriously. Weirdly, I think Crumb is just fine with that, which makes him an awesome Artist.