MICHAEL WALLACE - Important People We Can't Afford to Know- Mr. Buffet, 2011 Painting | Drawing 8”dia. Check out who else has applied to West Collects 2012 and discover more great artists at http://www.westcollects.com.
Bio Michael Wallace was born in Youngstown, OH in 1981. Michael grew up in Ohio receiving his BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art, and graduated with his MFA in Social Practices from the California College of the Arts in 2006. Michael has exhibited internationally in Germany and nationally in San Francisco, Fort Collins, Arlington, and Cleveland. Michael currently works as Adjunct Faculty and Technical Assistant at the Cleveland Institute of Art.
Artist statement This work examines the socio-economic gap that exists between the majority of Americans and the corporate/political apparatus that shapes our nation. By scrutinizing and questioning the way these institutions perpetuate this gap and are presented to us by politicians and our peers; I am providing the viewer with a lens to see the world through. This lens offers them an opportunity to re-witness their world through an alternative perspective. The use of familiar objects provides the viewer a way to understand the works. And, this understanding in turn enables them to begin to raise questions of their
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