Film, as a medium, has clearly undergone some radical transformations since its inception. To think that we’ve gone from the early short works of Thomas Edison to High School Musical 3 in just a little over a century is dizzying and, frankly, kind of scary.
When perusing the titles of artist Joe Macca’s latest body of work, one might be struck by their directness. Names such as “Bird” and “Insect” instantly evoke images of creatures we encounter everyday. But, in Macca’s paintings, the everyday is rendered in unexpected ways.