People, Places, & Things : Cravings | Mitchell Linden | Two For One

Mitchell Linden

Two For One

24"x36"(diptych), acrylic on canvas

Artist Statement

We live in a consumptive world. We fill the empty spaces with our craving for things, stuff, sales, shopping and deals. This painting reflects how we dehumanize ourselves and each other in that pursuit.

My paintings are often drawn from these “frozen moments,” the moments extracted from a broader, but unrevealed context. The images I paint are drawn from an imagined world, yet they include common, often ignored or forgotten objects and icons of pop culture and design that inhabit our lives, demanding our attention anew. I like images that I’ve carried with me since my youth that reflect our shared experience, the things that make us laugh and that reflect who we are as a culture.