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| "Stood beneath an orange sky" by Alice X Chang |
The author of this picture (is it a design or a painting or an illustration - or does that not matter ?) is Alice X. Chang. She is from ... all over (born in China, grew up in Auckland, lived and worked as a graphic designer in New York City, London and Beijing). She has worked as a graphic designer but according to one of her internet profiles, is currently moving to the fine arts. I have no idea how she classifies this picture, it is not even in the various portfolios she keeps on the internet. Interestingly, she has created "Mischmasch", a virtual gallery where contemporary artists display and auction or sell their own work. The word "mischmasch" comes from the German, meaning "a collection or mixture of things". I assume this initiative was born from her professed dislike of arrogant gallery owners. Alice does like "crazy people, funny people, art on the back streets, the moldy smell of old books, and typography". She really is a bit of a "mischmasch" herself, or at least her internet presence is: a bit of everything and all over the place. But perhaps one does not need to try for consistence in all things. Perhaps creative force may be freed up by the sheer enjoyment of not being consistent. I must think on that.