It’s not as though this blog is formulaic, as the regulars will attest, we cover all the main tenants of the design world in a given week. However it seems as though it’s been a long time since I’ve featured some sort of architectural offering, thus I set out to find something new and shiny, but came away disappointed. Not because there isn’t anything great coming out of the of the galaxy of architecture, I could devote an entire month writing about projects in Dubai and still only graze the surface. Rather, I was disappointed as I discovered someone non-architectural, whose work I could not hold off on featuring. His name is Anthony Lister, and this is his story.
Anthony’s works seem like a 27 year old man looking back at his childhood through the fog of the realities learned of society. Lister often creates images of superheroes, but they aren’t fighting crimes or saving damsels in distress. They’re fallen, tied up or just plain downtrodden and vaguely abstracted, much like our childhood memories. The artist has also included distorted images of recognizable cartoon characters like Spiderman, Batman and Robin, and Count Chocula in some of his past works as a commentary on societies in which a barrage of media is unavoidable.
Whether your a big comic book fan, or simply enjoy pop culture-based art, both Lister’s paintings and installations are worth your time.
