Art Metropole

#08633

Fancy Action Now: The Art of Team Macho

Artist

Team Macho

Date

2007

Publisher

Magic Pony Gallery

Format

Catalogues

Details

Softcover

ISBN

978-0-9873568-0-4

Size

21.6 × 27.8 × 1.6 cm

Length

140 

Description

“Fancy Action Now” documents the works of Team Macho over the past three years. Team Macho express a unique attitude toward collaboration, a highly competitive spirit where the very nature of their alliance revolves around thwarting and subverting each other’s contributions.

With a penchant for humble, unconventional materials like dollar-store watercolours and thrift-shop frames, Team Macho’s work conveys a decidedly unorthodox and individual approach. Comprised of members Nicholas Aoki, G. Stephen Appleby Barr, Christopher Buchan, Lauchie Reid, and Jacob Whibley, Team Macho occupy a large studio in Toronto, where their collective efforts are focused on developing an artmaking practice that spans the worlds of both fine art and illustration.

Exploring key elements in their artistic process – camaraderie, geeky bravado, the creation of a personal culture laden with absurdity, inside jokes, sabotage, fluorescence, raquetry, and most importantly, fanciness, “Fancy Action Now” unleashes Team Macho’s true pansy awesomeness.

Introduction by Paul Dallas, Dean of Illustration, Ontario College of Art & Design and artists interview with Gary Taxali, award winning illustrator.

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