By now you've surely seen the dramatic flyers and ads for this year's One Book One Mesa County selection "Await Your Reply." This year’s thought-provoking custom art work was done by local artist Michael Goe.
“When people look at the figure, I want them to think about the internal struggle this character is having,” Goe said.
The composition is partially inspired by artist Robert Longo’s “Men in the Cities” series and expresses the many identity-related issues found in "Await Your Reply."
“The art piece is representational to the book, and as people read along, they will start to project their own opinions and identities onto this featureless figure,” Goe said.
For example the clothing makes you think the figure is a functional member of society but it gives no identifying clues as to who that person actually is. The abstract explosion expresses the figure’s internal turmoil and conflict and doubles as an ink blot test for the viewer to decode.
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