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Artworks
Michi Meko USA, b. 1973
Crappie Painting: Render An Apocalypse. A Life for a Life. How To Kill a Fish., 2022Acrylic, Acrylic 60 Gloss, Aerosol, Oil Pastel, Gold Leaf, Aerosol Hologram Glitter, White Colored Pencil. India ink, Sequins, Tassel, 4lb Mr Crappie Hi Viz Mono lament, Gouache, Fish Scales, Fish Glyco Protein Yellow GA Corn Grits, Pur Glass
Preserve Jars, Wooden Crates on Canvas91 x 66 in
231.1 x 167.6 cm8559Further images
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With some humor in the title, this piece is an homage from the artist to the crappie fish. The work includes the actual scales from a descaled crappie. The coloration...With some humor in the title, this piece is an homage from the artist to the crappie fish. The work includes the actual scales from a descaled crappie. The coloration at the top of the image is meant to evoke the color world of the crappie’s scales. The 4lb Mr Crappie Hi Viz Mono lament used in the painting is the fishing line Meko uses to fish for crappie. The painting sits atop two containers of corn grits. For Meko, the work is about the concept of taking a life to sustain a life. “When you take a fish’s life, you can feel the energy go out of it,” Meko says. “I began to wonder, where does that energy go? Does it go to me? Does it go to the heavens? Which is why this painting has a heavenly look as well. And the scales of course have to go away, which is why they are in this painting.” Each container of grits is dated in between the present day and the beginning of the pandemic. This gesture again is about thinking through what it means to take a life, and what it takes to sustain a life. “It’s my thank you to that fish for teaching me that,” Meko says. -
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