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through only to have the would-be reader find that it’s a painted, wooden replica of the old mystery thriller. “I’ve always wanted art to be more fun and play and not so deadly serious,” he explained. ‘‘You have more options for fun when you mix media...I’d like to concentrate more on paintings but combine media so that my paintings are more physical.”
In some pieces. Slack is trying to get a message across—just a single message that isn't supposed to be left open for the viewer to interpret. He has, for instance, framed a couple of rusty tin cans suspended halfway through a backdrop square
of rusty metal. “When I saw some rusted cans, an idea was sparked: when people dig everything up in a thousand years, it will be the
rusted hulks of washing machines and automobiles that will define our culture and not the art that hangs in
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