Lauren Albert
Lauren Albert is a young, fresh, odd, folksy, esoteric, fun emerging illustrator who is finishing up her senior year at Moore College of Art and Design. I have been watching her art for a long time--probably close to four years--through her deviantart; and I have found her art consistently thought-provoking and quirky, for lack of a better term. Her folksy-homey approach to art is off-set by her vivid imagination: figures that stretch forever, humanoid sharks, shape-shifting eggs, a multitude of legs per person, etc. Her art is fantastical without falling into the void of 'fantasy art;' for this reason, I would only be able to classify Albert's art as magically realistic, to borrow a term usually reserved for literature. And indeed, Albert's art reminds the viewer of novels by Haruki Murakami and Gabriel Garcia-Marques: multi-layered like a Neutral Milk Hotel song; strange, but not so strange as to be completely unendearing; down-to-earth, though to an earth that is unfamiliar yet not without its own rationalities; and seductive in a way that is not entirely certain. Albert's art rings of a frankness that isn't quite frank but plenty easy on the eyes.
Like A Pen; Animation; at Moore College of Art and Design
You can visit Lauren Albert's website at Plslala.com or keep track of her art through her livejournal, no_growing. Lauren Albert's senior show will also be open until May 18th at Moore College of Art and Design so please be sure to see her exhibit if you can!
Please credit Lauren Albert if you want to use the following icons so others may be made aware of her work; in addition, please credit madapostle so other people can find this post and learn more about her. Thank you!
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Click to viewLike A Pen; Animation; at Moore College of Art and Design
You can visit Lauren Albert's website at Plslala.com or keep track of her art through her livejournal, no_growing. Lauren Albert's senior show will also be open until May 18th at Moore College of Art and Design so please be sure to see her exhibit if you can!
Please credit Lauren Albert if you want to use the following icons so others may be made aware of her work; in addition, please credit madapostle so other people can find this post and learn more about her. Thank you!
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