Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Peter Max

Peter Max has seemed to define what vibrancy in art is.  His pieces are wildly colorful, often with much abstraction, making it fun to look at for people of all ages.  He has done illustrations for children's books, cover art, as well as many poster designs.  One noteworthy poster was "Love."

The poster above is just one of Max's many psychedelic posters with fading backgrounds and colorful graphics. It seems to have inspired British artist Mika, who's show in 2007 based many of the ideas exhibited from Peter Max's work, shown below.



The work has a feel of optimism due to it's bright candy striped colors, a feel Peter Max always brought through in all of his pieces.

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