Step and Screw: West End Scrap (Fingered), 2021
Acrylic, ink, and paper collage on canvas
30 x 30 in.
76.2 x 76.2 cm
76.2 x 76.2 cm
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Police characters recently appeared in the second chapter of Hancock’s ongoing graphic novel, 'Trenton Doyle Hancock Presents The Moundverse.' As the artist notes, “it’s been a lot of fun to...
Police characters recently appeared in the second chapter of Hancock’s ongoing graphic novel, "Trenton Doyle Hancock Presents The Moundverse." As the artist notes, “it’s been a lot of fun to turn them into ineffectual buffoons. In the story, you have some kind of power over them, and you can act on it.” The conflict between Hancock’s protagonist Torpedoboy and these supporting characters becomes a vehicle for examining the extremism and idealism that often seem inherent to American identity and cultural expression, while looking closely at the ever-evolving, attendant structures of white supremacy. Art becomes a strategy of seeing—of looking at the world and laying bare its honest, ugly corners—while also finding beauty and humor.