So what would happen if the animals fought back? The recent work of AJ Fosik talks often about this topic...however, I think he does it in an interesting and compelling way...I am often intrigued by how an artist chooses to seduce her/his viewers...And I believe AJ is very good at manipulating us...the way the work comes off the wall, has a surreal but recognizable foundation...He uses simple materials, wood and paint but does an amazing job of arranging them to create these outlandish animal forms...part comic book and part Chinese New Year dragon, these works are formally sophisticated and unique...
He is influenced by the work he has done on the street and this shows by how things on the wall are arranged...the heads are not enough, often times there is geometries built around the heads...a stage, or a structure behind the structure...the surfaces are gathering up materials, aging with time, layered the re-covered...but in this piece, Goon Eater Ghost, we are allowed to just focus on the form...the animals are taking back the streets...it would be scary, if they weren't so beautiful...
There is a great video of AJ Fosik talking about his process...
http://vimeo.com/5412772
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