Art: Mastery of Accident

From the June 2005 issue of I.D. article on Joshua Davis:

Chaos is currently his work's dominant theme. He not only encourages randomness, but also manages to control it. He's been dabbling in artistic mess, on and off, since the mid-'90s. While studying illustration and communication design at Pratt Institute, he liked to freeze or bake paintings to see how the stress affected pigment. One of his favorite inspirations of late is Jackson Pollock. "I'm not as crazy about his work visually as I am conceptually," Davis says, referring to Pollock's mastery of accident.

[via xBlog]

Category: Art