YOUTUBE EXHIBITION PREVIEW! (Patreon)

MILTON KNIGHT Exhibition in BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA!

A Preview of POP AND PULP, an exhibition of new drawings and paintings by Milton Knight, on display until Nov. 30, 2003! ARTISAN ALLEY 222 W. 2nd St. BLOOMINGTON, IN. 47403 1-812-318-8643 ARTIST'S STATEMENT by Milton Knight 10-22-23 My mission and desire is to capture the zeitgeist of mid-20th century popular culture before it festers into misunderstood nostalgia. I lived at least some of it, and my work is to document its mystique before it perishes, capturing the quality as well as the kitsch. It is florid and bold and driven by sex and violence, in the colloquialisms of the time; the visual cliches presented in pulp and album covers, films and advertising. If it were music, it is roughhewn jazz and pop. But it's modern. It reflects today's greater awareness matched against the naivete of those times past. My work is a reaction to today's visuals as they become more and more computer driven. My work is not tidy. I thickly slash ink and paints, inspired by Asian art and modern painting. I use the materials as an expressionist does; to convey moods and depth. My work is of the past and the present.