Scott Stulen

i saw this from a guy who saw it online
marker and acrylic on panel, 12 ” x 12 ” 2005


I feel I am losing my sense of wonder
marker, glitter and acrylic on panel, 12 ” x 12 ” 2005

conceptual traps for fictional animals

flashe, enamel and acrylic on panel, 18” x 24” 2006

Yeah, My Mom Grow Weeds

enamel, acrylic, felt, foam, fabric, cut paper, ink, watercolor, colored pencil, and contact paper on panel 48” x 48” 2004

well owl bee
enamel, acrylic, felt, foam and sandpaper on fabric 52 ” x 50 ” 2005

things that are gnawing at me and the trees in my backyard (detail)

graphite on paper, 52” x 76” 2005

i never wanted to be a cowboy until it was too late

sharpie, felt, and foam on fabric, 24 ” x 30 ” 2005

Well, what can I say more in praise of this artist than these images have not already told you? It's clear that something is still true about painting - and was used successfully by the likes of Warhol and Rauschenberg: - it can create a vivid, true overview of our society.

Scott Stulen likes to play with image. And, in one of the images above, he toys with Warhol's reading of ready-made culture. Famous Andy's Brillo box thus appears in the same frame as Bambi, equivalencing pop(art)-culture with popular culture: ready-made vs. archetypal cuteness, art legend vs. Disney's legend.
(And no, I'm not having a swipe at Disney's role in globalisation).
(Mig)