It would be easy, yet somewhat unfair to say that Australian artist Michael Peck, based in Melbourne, creates illustration. His work should be placed under the more encompassing and permissive label of art proper. He blends a very bleak use of colors (monochrome and sepia tones) with images of children and youth, placed in violent contexts, such as warfare. His subjects seem almost unaware of all the mayhem going on around them, and they continue to play, be their games with guns, tanks, fighter planes or other destructive weapons. His work speaks intensely about identity and location, as well as about a sense of disintegration at the confluence of numerous subcultures and media influences. According to the statement of the artist himself, “Michael Peck’s artistic practice is concerned with the sensation of disorientation and dislocation that is often felt within the post-modern world. Exploring issues regarding the loss of cultural identity, his work particularly focuses on the effects within minority groups and individuals existing on the fringe who are challenged to assimilate within the larger community.”
Source: MichaelPeckArt.com
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