When I first saw the work of Greg Gossel, I immediately thought he was one of the guys in FAILE. He isn’t but you can see how their work runs along the same lines. Collage heavy, sourced from comic and newspapers, loosely defined action or statements moving in and out of the finished piece with just enough of the human touch to make it completely and uniquely their own. Actually, a bunch of the same style/themes run thru many contemporary artists selling their work right now. Popular culture has put its stamp on all of us and the output of a generation has been warped by it.
When I first saw the work of Greg Gossel, I immediately thought he was one of the guys in FAILE. He isn’t but you can see how their work runs along the same lines. Collage heavy, sourced from comic and newspapers, loosely defined action or statements moving in and out of the finished piece with just enough of the human touch to make it completely and uniquely their own. Actually, a bunch of the same style/themes run thru many contemporary artists selling their work right now. Popular culture has put its stamp on all of us and the output of a generation has been warped by it.
The difference in Greg Gossel’s work is his moving away from the anonymous person in his earlier work and towards a more Warholian approach of taking recognizable icons and connecting direct with popular culture. Is he pandering to what sells? Probably, but I still appreciate the style and understand having to pay the rent.
I am not hating, I want to buy the Bill Murray piece I have as the main image. Its worth checking out the rest of his stuff at www.greggossel.com.
