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Diving board, 2008
Michael Dotson makes acrylic paintings that look like early Auto-CAD renderings, but with the character of blitzed-out video games of the future. His paintings make equal use of pattern. geometry, and the odd everyday object (like a soccer goal or a swimming pool), and sit squarely in the aesthetic world of Memphis (who I swear are coming back) and Paperrad.
Though we've see a lot of axonometric, video gamey art in the past few years, Dotson's taken it somewhere else with his particular combination of familliar landscapes and Tron-like spaces. Take, for example, Dream House #3, pictured below: giant black pyramid, Corbusier International Style free plan frameworks, palm trees, concrete masonry units, brick walls and maybe a Miami sunset? I can't get enough.
Meticulous process video here and much more after the jump.
Side by Side, 2009
Transitions, 2008
Two Goals Meeting Together In Secret, 2008
Soccer Goal, 2008
Straight to the Dome, 2009
Dream House #2, 2008
