Elefante by Michael Connolly

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Michael Connolly

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b. 1981 Leeds, England Lives and works in the United Kingdom

Michael Connolly is an artist and creative director based in the United Kingdom As a former graphic designer, his work is design and idea led, and his current generative art practice uses a machine-based approach to concrete art. He has produced collaborative work across a range of disciplines, including design, motion, live visuals, and installations. His first on-chain project, Elementals, was longlisted for the 2021 Lumen Prize. He earned a B.A. in graphic media communication from the Bradford School of Art in 2007.

Elefante

by Michael Connolly

Released in collaboration with Vertical Crypto Art

Fixed edition of 103 unique artworks

Released on February 10, 2023

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Elefante builds on my previous long-form work and pushes it to incorporate multiple remixed canvases using a single photograph of a giant Yucca (Latin name - Yucca elephantipes) as a starting point.

The project blends elements of Brutalism, Concrete art, and collage to create abstract displays of coloured forms and photography, some reminiscent of architecture, some paper cut-outs.

I aimed for the pieces to ‘scan’ well from a distance or at smaller sizes, but also to have a more 'material' quality than some of my prior work. I wanted texture without skeuomorphism.

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