$200 20"x14" approx. SOLD!

TRAVIS MILLARD - LOS ANGELES, CA
"Bless This Mess"

what's the idea behind your piece?
cross-breed junk plaques to draw contemporary parallels.

what's your favorite thrift/antique/vintage store find?
At a recent junk shop i saw a pile of ratty, loose wigs crammed in a big basket that got me pretty thrilled.

what contemporary artists are you inspired by?
Mel Kadel, Sieben, Zavala, Millionaire, Kaz, ajw, rich jacobs

last piece of art acquired?
a drawing collage from Mel Kadel.
a drawing from my brother Brett.
sticker drawings from Moter and Sugar Tooth.
zine swaps with Sieben and Moter

tell the audience what movie, book, album, website, tv show, and magazine you love that most people haven't seen/read/heard?
Devin Flynn's video on Lightning Bolt's "Power of Salad and Milkshakes" dvd is kick butt.
Read a story called "Sea Oak" in the book, Pastoralia, by George Saunders.
Listen to Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti.
www.mnftiu.cc is that site with Get Your War On that everyone's already seen, but it's good to go back if you haven't been for a minute.
..i think everyone's probably already seen all the tv i know.
Empty and Swindle are both new magazines going into their 2nd issue that are really slick.

schooled or self taught artist?
both

favorite place in your town?
the corner

favorite place in the world?
home

any advice you can pass onto aspiring artists/designers?
Eat your vegetables. Keep a sketchbook in your butt pocket. At the coffee shop, those little paper things they slip on the cup to keep you from burning your hand: take two, flip one around and stick them together to make a slick little single cd holder.

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