A few months ago I saw a show of Paul Chatem's art and I can't get it out of my head. He does a lot of kinetic pieces, gears that rotate with the observer's hand, so it's participatory as well. But I would love his work even without the moving parts. The scenes Chatem paints look like they could have been found in rusty metal boxes dug up out of mud—and I mean that in the most positive way. They're dark and droopy, in dusty browns, reds, ochres, and blues... Dystopian vintage industrial worlds with bodacious bombshells and cigar-puffing bankers... Rubber-limbed people with four eyes, lizard tongues, bird beaks and twiggy fingers. Pure awesomeness—and another thing to save my money for.
Watch the video below and check out his website, http://www.paulchatem.com/.
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