Amy Casey
Cover for Issue 164
Chicago
Issue 164 November 6, 2007

Amy Casey's paintings document the artist's love of both the urban landscape and small, twisted creatures. Inspired by natural and unnatural disasters, personal fiascoes, and the never-ending stream of bad news, a relentless mob of curious, plant-like creatures and other disasters have swarmed over the painted landscapes, threatening the creatures and life within. Like us, the creatures stumble through life as best they can, given their circumstances. Acting out of vulnerability, they try to create security but sometimes, like us, end up kicking their own asses. Casey is fascinated by the resilience of life — every disaster is followed by a rebirth, in which we hike up our boots, duct tape our lives back together, and try to cobble together a "plan b" out of what remains.

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