Contemporary Audience Appauled At Clownish Figure

The Appearance Of Perception: Echoes In A Cube Farm

Evil Clown Drawing Medium: Office issue green pen on standard printer paper

In this original graphic art the artist has skillfully adapted their unnatural surroundings and appropriated material from the corporate culture. This petty subversion may be interpreted as inversion of the formulaic hierarchy of capitalist taxonomy.

This contemporary 'at hand' exploration of graphic media and visual relationships cleverly under-renders the tonal values and spacial grounding of the subject to great effect. One can feel the numbed horror of these sparse sketchy lines.

The overall emotional impact is as restrained as the muted logic of accident victims in shock. Through the tunnel of the thousand yard stare we see ourselves: Not seething with rage. Not the slave owners of destiny. We are hillbillies at the mall - He's got a real pretty mouth on him, don't he?

Evil Clown

Mrs. Taylor: Dr. Hathaway, I saw your show the other night on radioactive isotopes and I've got a question for you.
Dr. Hathaway: Yes?
Mrs. Taylor: Is that your real hair?

- Real Genius, 1985

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