Visual Art Currently Hanging
posted by on September 3 at 9:00 AM
Mark Takamichi Miller’s Thieves: Man at Party (2008), acrylic, wax, urethane, oil, and glass spheres on canvas over board, 48 by 72 inches
At Howard House. (Gallery site here.)
I can’t get the story of this painting out of my head. A man goes to his car. Everything is normal except that a roll of film is lying on the seat, with a business card rubber-banded around it. The business card says “Associated Counsel for the Accused.”
The man figures he’s been attempted-robbed. But nothing of his is gone. Instead, he’s come away with something from the robber: this film. He gives the film to a friend of his, an artist who specializes in making painting from photographs of people he doesn’t know, photographs he only half-understands. The artist makes paintings from the pictures. The pictures end up in a gallery in Pioneer Square.
Mark Miller was a teacher of mine at Cornish... He's one of the strangest people. It takes awhile to get that he's just fucking with you in good humor. But man is he a good artist.
The story's great. But, um, what about the art?
I don't know -- haven't seen it; so Jen, what say ye?
Sounds like a prank to me.
i am so IN LOVE with these paintings!
i keep trying to figure out which one is my favorite, but i just love them all so much.
MUST be seen in person!!
i am so IN LOVE with these paintings!
i keep trying to figure out which one is my favorite, but i just love them all so much.
MUST be seen in person!!
that dude is throwing up a crips gang sign. a "BK" to be exact.
I can confirm the story of the film as I was the one who found it. I had left my car downtown overnight and probably forgot to lock the doors. When I came back the next day I found it with the seats leaned way back and a disposable camera with a lawyer’s business card rubber banded to it sitting on the passenger seat. I almost tossed the camera, but thought it might provide amusement someday so I left it on a shelf in my studio and forgot about it for a couple of years until I ran into Mark. I am glad that he was able to put it to such good use!
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