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Michael Joy
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"I playfully blend vintage images that relate paradoxically to one another into whimsical world of visual metaphors, often integrated with the titles to examine emotion, to move the story forward. "
Michael Joy is a graduate from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and has been fabricating personal and commercial sculptural works for over twenty-five years. Recognized for his commitment to superior craftsmanship, his commissioned works range from monument restoration to modifying the master model of the Oscar statuette for the Academy of Motion Pictures. More recently, Michael...
... has been making unique, whimsical digitally collaged Giclee prints. Working from vintage photographs, he brings elements together that relate paradoxically to one another blending into visual metaphors, often integrating titles that are important to defining the narrative.
Michael hopes for viewers to enjoy his creations with a light heart, with a feeling of discovering something playful and mischievous; something that invites them to look a little longer; something that slightly shifts their thought patterns, if only for a few minutes.
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