Countless battles have been fought between good and evil, but none so vivid as the animated icons in the work of Houston-based artist Trenton Doyle Hancock. In Hancock’s ongoing narrative, good is represented by what the artist refers to as “Mounds” vibrant and colorful symbols, while the evil “Vegans” are confined to a black and white underground world. This power play comes to life in Hancock’s painting, collage, sculpture, and performance, but most recently through traditional paper and print making techniques that the artist experimented with last year during a month-long residency at Singapore Tyler Print Institute. A sampling of this monumental undertaking titled A Day Ahead, A Head A Day was on view over the weekend at the Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, seen for the first time in America. To me his power struggle with good and evil with his “mounds” and “vegans” defines the painting, collage and sculptures. his materials that fuels his passion are the stencil shaped paper pulp that helps him to print make his visions.
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