Some people dream of a perfect utopian existence.  But utopias always seem more Stepford-ish to me, communities where every house looks perfectly the same, every person has the same ideals, there is never any conflict.  But where there is no conflict, there is no contrast and it’s in the differences that true life comes through and true beauty shines.  The work of Vancouver artist Scott Sueme exposes those contrasts found outside of the perfect.

 

Sueme uses landscape like compositions mixed with graffiti ideology to reference human interaction within nature.  Whether it be from overdevelopment filled with strip malls or a small cabin in the woods, landscape is different and loses its sense of balance and perfection once the hand of man has been laid upon it.  It’s hard to imagine a world without street lights and signs and parking lots.  Would we even recognize it?

To see more work by Scott Sueme, please visit his website.

All images are via the artist’s website.