posted February 12, 2019 #
No pun intended but I'm really drawn to the work of
David Joel Kitcher. If you'll allow me to indulge my artier tendencies, there's a "beautiful grotesque" quality to it that I can't look away from. It's not disturbing or disgusting, there's just something about the chaotic nature of it that is pretty spellbinding. Even the
sketches are able to embrace that quality, despite their small size.
There's plenty of worldly influences at play here - Mayan, South American and Native American art comes to mind off the top of the dome - but fused with graffiti style or even early cartoons. It's a lot going on but manages to be uniquely Kitcher throughout. Worth a deep dive, for sure.
