Go West Young Man, Death Waits for You in the Country - Dagny Walton
48" x 96" x 3 mm
Original mural: print on EPO panel
Hanger-free and customizable for any hanging or framing system. Weatherized and suitable for indoor or outdoor display.
Artist Statement: My work is a black mirror of the American West. I extract elements from the known and recognizable myth of the West and create my own rendition, focusing in particular on themes of transformation and violence. “Go West Young Man, Death Waits for You in the Country” is a reflection of the conflicted relationship between ambition and violence on the Western frontier, where a naive, trigger-happy cowboy faces down the insurmountable and inescapable figure of death itself. This piece is a collage of found elements from vintage comic books, Renaissance-era woodcuts, and anonymous stock photography, which I compiled digitally and screen-printed using CMYK halftones.
48" x 96" x 3 mm
Original mural: print on EPO panel
Hanger-free and customizable for any hanging or framing system. Weatherized and suitable for indoor or outdoor display.
Artist Statement: My work is a black mirror of the American West. I extract elements from the known and recognizable myth of the West and create my own rendition, focusing in particular on themes of transformation and violence. “Go West Young Man, Death Waits for You in the Country” is a reflection of the conflicted relationship between ambition and violence on the Western frontier, where a naive, trigger-happy cowboy faces down the insurmountable and inescapable figure of death itself. This piece is a collage of found elements from vintage comic books, Renaissance-era woodcuts, and anonymous stock photography, which I compiled digitally and screen-printed using CMYK halftones.
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