Get that corn, OUTTA my face!

Jack black is to comedy what Chuck Norris is the the universe.  I was entertained when Nacho was introduced in his robes, I was blow away when he pranced around as a Luchador!

Jared and Jerusha Hess captured the essence of what it means to be trapped between desire and obligation. And how the one can be the other as circumstances change. I certainly can relate.

An artist isn't always prone to make the most prudent of decisions. In fact by it's very nature, art demands that we often go left when the dictates of norms say we should go right. This project is a perfect example. Why spend weeks designing and installing a work of art that is impermanent and unsellable? For love pure and simple. I'm sure my financial advisor would never approve of such  flagrant and useless expenditure of time and money. Good think I fired him and used his fee to buy the material.

Doing what we should and pursuing our love is a universal experience. But if Nacho taught me one thing (besides the importance of stretchy pants and that the power of the eagle is bogus) it's that we need to be bold. Be bold and mighty forces will appear.

And never, never forget: THOSE, are the Lord's chips!

My Pop. Your Pop. Our Pop. We're Pop. is a commentary on how popular culture influences me as an artist as well as all of us. Not only do we share popular culture, we comprise it. The installation is a 150' long window installation in an abandoned mens clothing store turned art studio. The owner converted the huge window panes into what he calls a 'drive-by' gallery space. I've longed to contribute something since we moved into the area in 2013. I wanted to energize the budding creative community that emerging in this once abandoned downtown area here in North Texas.
I comped up each of the 22 windows with a pop culture icon that is important to me and influences my work in some way. I then added a single word, evoking the emotion or feeling I most strongly associate with the character.
The pieces are divided by subject into 6 categories with 3 images each:
Leading Men
Leading Women
Robots
Comic Characters
Musicians & Artists
The last few windows are divergent in that they represent the kind of ideas the characters inspire as well as an essay. They are cut using Oracal 651 black and white and installed by myself and a team of 4 assistants.
See the physical installation at 7th and Indiana in Wichita Falls, TX. Or follow the digital life of the show with #artofmiggy #mypopisyourpop or @artofmiggy.