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2019
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Born in Yorkshire, England in 1964, Harland Miller is a critically acclaimed writer and artist. In both endeavors, books are central to Miller's practice.
After exhibiting art throughout the 80s and 90s, Miller released his first novel Slow Down Arthur, Stick to Thirty in 2000 to critical acclaim. Resuming his artistic practice shortly after, Miller began to include visual or textual references to writing and literature in his painting.
Best known for reimagining vintage Penguin book covers, Miller combines satirical, existential, and introspective phrases with rich backdrops and bold typography. The results raise important questions about the absurdity of modern anxieties.
The artist often employs a palette that enhances the title's "commercial" allure, while juxtaposing the weight of the underlying themes. His evocative representations take on a life of their own, capturing the physicality of the books through densely layered fields of color and rich brushstrokes that highlight evidence of their wear and tear. These subtle details prompt the viewer to consider who might have read the book, whether it had mass appeal, and why.
"Me" is a quintessential example of the artist's signature aesthetic, yet somewhat of a departure from his signature content. The layered letters "M" and "E" consume the composition, dissolving and resurfacing through dynamic brushstrokes of fuscia, bubble gum pink, lime green, chartreuse, periwinkle, and cobalt accents. The ballooning typography overwhelms the surface of the work, making the word "ME" an inescapable sole focus, with little room for any other competing ideas. This layering of letters recalls Jasper Johns' approach with numbers.
Like the best of his work, the curious title remains vague, leaving the viewer to wonder whether the book offers an opportunity for self-exploration, or perhaps, a rabbit hole of self-indulgence and obsession. Miller's signature banner runs along the bottom of the book cover, denoting himself as the author or "expert." Self-help has never looked so colorful, promising, and easy.
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"Me"
London, 2019
Watercolour and oil on paper
Signed by the artist, lower margin
20"H 14.25"W (work)
23"H 17"W (framed)
Very good condition
- Creator:Harland Miller (1972, British)
- Creation Year:2019
- Dimensions:Height: 20 in (50.8 cm)Width: 14.25 in (36.2 cm)
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- Condition:Very good condition.
- Gallery Location:Toronto, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: 12-241stDibs: LU215215508532
Harland Miller
Harland Miller is a British artist and novelist, born in 1964, in Yorkshire, England. He is best known for his satirical paintings of re-imagined Penguin classics, often with his invented sardonic titles. He takes artistic influence from Ed Ruscha, Anselm Kiefer and Robert Rauschenberg and cites Mark Rothko as one of his favorite artists. He attended the Chelsea College of Art, in London, from where he received his BA and MA degrees, after which he traveled extensively, living in New York, New Orleans, Paris and Berlin. Miller first achieved critical acclaim with his writing. His debut novel, Slow down Arthur, Stick to Thirty (2000), featured a kid who travels around northern England, with a David Bowie impersonator. In the same year, Miller published the novella, First I was Afraid, I was Petrified, based on the true story of a female relative with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. In 2001, Miller produced the first of a series of paintings, based on the dust jackets of old Penguin books. He was struck by the visceral nostalgia that the book covers, rather than their contents, evoked.
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