Mel Kadel
"Mass Distraction"
20" x 16"
Signed edition of 50
$150
You may recognize Mel Kadel’s distinct style from seeing the cover of Juxtapoz Magazine last February, which also featured Kadel interviewed by Raymond Pettibon inside the issue. Her signature pen strokes and hand-mixed inks amalgamate into flowers, waves, and adventurous characters entangled in imbroglio or emerging from some other narrative. “Mass Distraction” illustrates the mental tangle or knot of burden that we sometimes carry within ourselves, but reminds us that our feet are still on the ground – even if we aren’t able to see the forest for the trees. Kadel says, “If there’s any success within my work, it’s people having personal connections to it.” We connect with her quick humor and sincerity rendered through painstaking craftsmanship.
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