Biography

Mr. Silver creates multi-layered, interlacing compositions by
combining his own drawings, collage, and appliqué. Employing
provocative found images from magazines, bold comic strips, and
graphic labels, he creates a rhythm of repeating form and line within
each work and between the full set of works on display. In
counterpoint, his whimsical hand-drawn and darkly repetitive
characters duel for co-existence across the surfaces of these
multi-dimensional canvases. The works are Mr. Silver’s interpretation
of the frenetic nature of advertisements and images of mass media that
are now given a lyrical and raw appeal relevant to the contemporary
current of urban culture.His installations as a whole operate as an
integrated work of art, reusing and reinventing many of the same
images – either through the use of the repeating martian-like, hand
drawn creatures or the found images that are cropped and flipped into
new perspectives and placed into new compositions. There is an
intense movement between the layers of images – almost as if these
static works are moving, blinking signs. Mr. Silver’s use of collage
technique is unparalleled. His work includes paintings – both
traditional and custom cut, illustrations, etched glass, and screened wood.
The works, sometimes using recognizable found images, are unique
and fresh echoing the current graphic and electric aesthetic of urban skate culture.