If you were paying close attention to Don’t Miss Artsiness a few weeks ago, you may have spotted this artist’s work. The mind-bending work of Joe Wardwell mixes classical American landscape paintings with rock lyrics and the result is just as phenomenal as you think it would be.
Music lyrics become such a huge part of our psyche. These little soundbites pop into our head, often when we least expect it. We can sing along with tens of thousands of other people at a concert, every voice lifted up in harmony. We know the music we love as well as we know our own backyards. Wardwell makes a connection between the American love of the landscape to the permeation of pop culture, creating these mirror-like stenciled scenes that remind us that music, as well as art, is just another kind of exploration.
To see more of Joe Wardwell‘s work, please visit his website. You can see his work in the current exhibition at La Montagne Gallery in Boston.
All images are via the artist’s website.
