Chris Milk says The View from Here is Fine

by | Feb 4, 2011 | ART

I met Chris Milk at Eggspace. I don’t think it is around anymore but I remember it being pretty much a shack where the local underground guys would show work to friends and have late night get togethers on the river. I felt like I was being told a secret and that I knew something while the city slept on. I remember music, drink being passed around freely, a few laughs and thinking that the work of Chris Milk was something I would see again.

That was several years ago and Milk has been doing it for awhile but his work still has that same quality I liked back then. He is having a conversation with me. His images are a direct line to what he sees and what he thinks about in his everyday. Time with friends and family. Playing music. Contemplating the infinite. He explains himself through paint with a childlike curiosity and calls it like he he sees it.

I know this guy. He is like an old friend whose life intersects mine every couple of years, maybe next time I will actually say hi.

Check out his new art and music tonight at Ghostprint Gallery.

I met Chris Milk at Eggspace. I don’t think it is around anymore but I remember it being pretty much a shack where the local underground guys would show work to friends and have late night get togethers on the river. I felt like I was being told a secret and that I knew something while the city slept on. I remember music, drink being passed around freely, a few laughs and thinking that the work of Chris Milk was something I would see again.

That was several years ago and Milk has been doing it for awhile but his work still has that same quality I liked back then. He is having a conversation with me. His images are a direct line to what he sees and what he thinks about in his everyday. Time with friends and family. Playing music. Contemplating the infinite. He explains himself through paint with a childlike curiosity and calls it like he he sees it.

I know this guy. He is like an old friend whose life intersects mine every couple of years, maybe next time I will actually say hi.

Check out his new art and music tonight at Ghostprint Gallery.

R. Anthony Harris

R. Anthony Harris

In 2005, I created RVA Magazine, and I'm still at the helm as its publisher. From day one, it’s been about pushing the “RVA” identity, celebrating the raw creativity and grit of this city. Along the way, we’ve hosted events, published stacks of issues, and, most importantly, connected with a hell of a lot of remarkable people who make this place what it is. Catch me at @majormajor____




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