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| Amy Mack | |
I am an American artist (b. 1963 Auburn, Alabama) and am best known for employing barcode imagery into my paintings of mass-produced products and consumer trends. I think of barcodes as the common denominator of global consumerism, and look for trends and brands to convey an observation of our ever-changing times. |
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| About the Artist | |
My family is filled with artists, educators, actors and storytellers, and I have always felt very lucky to hail from people who encourage and value artistic expression. |
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Art & Science II
Acrylic, oil stick, mixed media on canvas |
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iTunes
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Distress Signal
Oil, mixed-media on canvas board. |
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Untitled (girl and boy barcodes)
Acrylic, mixed media painting collage |
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| A graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, I studied stills photography, video and experimented with mixed-media photo/painting. After graduation, I re-located to Los Angeles, California to find work as a commercial photographer on film sets and in the editorial portrait photography community. Having virtually no contacts in LA, I found myself hanging around the photo rental houses, investigating who was buying new equipment, starting up studios and possibly hiring. I have always considered myself to be extraordinarily fortunate to have worked with many of LA's finest photographers, and that I went on to shoot professionally for magazines, film set photography and corporate portrait work. All the while, I exhibited my art in group shows whenever possible, primarily in Los Angeles, and eventually co-founded an artist-run studio space and gallery in the North Hollywood Arts District. In 2001, I began my barcode consumerism work when a sales clerk noticed that my signature resembled the verticle design of a UPC code and, for fun, tried to scan it. I had hoped that Captain Crunch or Glue Stix would register, but alas it read "unreadable -- scan again." As timing would have it, I had been staring down a 6 by 8 foot blank canvas for several days, and as I walked back to my studio I took notice of the tiny barcode on a Hershey's candy bar. Within a short time, I had completed my first barcode painting -- a huge, lushy, gooey, dripping, delicious chocolate brown barcode, that was soon acquired by a significant collector of modern art. I am forever asking clerks to scan my signature, hoping it will ring something up, but it never does. My influences are: obviously my father's acumen and the artists within my family, as well as the works of Warhol, Rauschenberg and Kruger, modern art exhibitions, and every 7-11 quick stop convenience store I have ever frequented. |
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| Currently, I exhibit mainly within the United States and have received positive review and description in the New York Times. Many of my paintings hang in corporate and private art collections, alongside works by artists who have greatly influenced my art. If you are interested in viewing more of my paintings, my online portfolio and detailed bio are found at the website link listed below. Thank you for your time, and interest. |
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