(Symptoms of Loneliness, Simon Evans 2009)A tweet from my colleague Jenna pointed me to artist Simon Evans currently showing at James Cohan Gallery (unfortunately) in New York. Evans was actually a former pro-skateboarder who began making these cool and witty text-based works from found paper, scotch tape, pencil shavings, colored pencil and white out.
More pics below:
(Green City, Simon Evans, 2009)
(One Hundred Mixed CDs for New York, Simon Evans, 2008)
(Close-up:One Hundred Mixed CDs for New York, Simon Evans, 2008)