Chris Ballantyne, 4 drawings, ca. 2007-2008
Michael Barton Miller, "Stoned," 2007
Chris remains one of paintings' greatest satirists of the built environment.His drawings sometimes erase houses, focusing instead on suburban infrastructure such as fences,
culverts, dug holes, and hideouts like bunkers and
hunting blinds that landscape paintings typically neglect.
Among upper-middle class
suburban kids, alcohol and drug use directly correlate with
depression and anxiety. One explanation centers around
achievement pressures and the fact that suburban parents have greater professional demands, leaving kids shuttling between various after-school activities. Michael's hand-rendered "Stoned," inspired by kids’posting “shamings” on the Internet that feature friends passed-out drunk, draws attention to this neglected condition.
culverts, dug holes, and hideouts like bunkers and
hunting blinds that landscape paintings typically neglect.
Among upper-middle class
suburban kids, alcohol and drug use directly correlate with
depression and anxiety. One explanation centers around
achievement pressures and the fact that suburban parents have greater professional demands, leaving kids shuttling between various after-school activities. Michael's hand-rendered "Stoned," inspired by kids’posting “shamings” on the Internet that feature friends passed-out drunk, draws attention to this neglected condition.
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