Chris Maddox

Through artistic practice I investigate the motivations and correlations among various forms of contemporary escapist behavior, which I understand as necessary but often-abused means of identity work. I explore the nature of cultural and geopolitical boundaries, and the thresholds of and barriers to human perception of space and information. I work not in a particular style, rather I base each solution on the demands of a project’s objective or concept, and leverage my backgrounds in printmaking, drawing and painting, graphic design, photography and advertising, as well as project management, to produce multiple media art work. My recent work, which culminated in a series of three solo exhibitions titled Beneath the Underdog, Blunder Drawings, and Test Me, (see www.chrismaddox.com) corresponds to 21st century music culture, to crowd-sourcing, graffiti, and postmodern  conceptions of authorship, appropriation and pastiche.