It's been said that all great designers and art directors are influenced by and borrow from art. In his recently published book
Juicing the Orange, Pat Fallon tells the story of an art director who waited his entire career, after seeing an underwater video installation of swimming elephants, to find the right client to use said footage for.
Last week I visited P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, looking for that same kind of inspiration. Except for a TV dinner, Stefan-esque type treatments and a moving heap of man made shit, nothing really resonated. Until I stumbled upon my first Kalup Linzy video, entitled Lollypop (2006). I hate overanalyzing art, so I won't. But i will unselfishly offer up links to his work. I'm not sure if this work will ever wind up influencing my book, but finding links to it on YouTube, it's bound to influence someone's. May the best art director win...
Work by Linzy:
Lollypop (2006)
Play Wit De Churen (2005)
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