Chuck Anderson
Surroundings, 2016

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2004 x 1625 pixels
Edition 1/1
Courtesy of the artist
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A photo of a sky, however pleasing, is not exactly novel or unique in principle. We post them on our Instagram Stories and fill our camera rolls with sunrises and sunsets, storms and strange cloud formations, but rarely do these images carry forward the weight and emotion felt from the moment they were taken. They become a part of our own personal stock photo library. Yet we can't resist, myself included, to hold our cameras and phones up toward the heavens like some sort of involuntary bodily function, and click.

What I have often done throughout the years is return to these images of mine and try to re-create what it was I felt in the moment through a process of deconstruction, color manipulation, and recomposition. The way blue feels in the top right upon mirroring an image evokes a completely different emotion than when it was in the bottom left; or suddenly cutting into the image with an inset of the image itself, warping, revising—even if gently—how it feels to look at some old photo of some random sky and revive a memory, recasting it as nostalgia from stock.

About the Artist:
Chuck Anderson

Chicago-based artist, designer, photographer, and creative director Chuck Anderson established his artistic practice NoPattern Studio in 2004 at the age of 18. Known for his surreal use of color and light, pioneering juxtapositions of traditional and digital mediums, and endless experimentation, Chuck has seen his work become highly sought after by a wide spectrum of brands and collectors. In 2010 at age 25 he was named a "design icon" by Computer Arts Magazine.

Now at 36, Anderson has had among his clients ESPN, Apple, Nike, Microsoft, The New York Times, Vans, Target, Burton, and the Chicago Bulls, Cubs, and White Sox. Anderson’s piece Places You Can’t Imagine has been widely circulated on the internet for years, often uncredited. The emergence of NFTs has allowed him to regain ownership of the piece and, after a five-year stint as a creative director at an advertising agency, fully return to focusing on the exploration of his own personal work and creative practice.

Website: nopattern.com
Instagram: @nopattern