Introducing Rooftop Garden (2022), a series by Michael Dumontier and Neil Farber (MDNF) from Winnipeg, Canada, whose work typically takes the audience by surprise and reminds us of a sequence of moments and possibilities from our private pasts to our common future.
ARTWORK BY MDNF
TEXT BY MONTY ESGUIN
Michael Dumontier and Neil Farber are modern narrators, who ingeniously fill the voids in our current pursuits embarked on with urgency and subdue us at the right moments, as we pursue our needs. Although their simple drawings initially appear to be the work of a child, the words used on their minuscule canvases reveal that our gripping little adventures are not as naïve as they appear and warrant more than a currente calamo narrative.
MDNF’s library is not a place for pretentious and exaggerated sermons. It is instead a playground, a speaker’s platform where everyone who looks deep enough will find a piece of their own troubles, or a snippet of current global issues. The micro-universes Michael and Neil construct on their canvases resemble time tunnels that make it possible to travel back in time and relive a moment, after having stumbled down the rugged roads of adulthood, or to briefly put everything in our lives on pause and satisfy our need to stop and think.
The artists might be long-standing collaborators, but they also work individually and it is interesting to see how different their styles are. Neil paints multi-layered and surreal paintings; whereas Michael’s work resembles an individual minimalist style using sculpture, collage and painting. Their collaborative creations, titled The MDNF Series, seem to be distilled from extended conversations that merge new configurations, common interests, inspiring and uplifting music, planetary developments and emotions around them.
Introducing Rooftop Garden (2022), a series by Michael Dumontier and Neil Farber (MDNF) from Winnipeg, Canada, whose work typically takes the audience by surprise and reminds us of a sequence of moments and possibilities from our private pasts to our common future.
ARTWORK BY MDNF
TEXT BY MONTY ESGUIN
Michael Dumontier and Neil Farber are modern narrators, who ingeniously fill the voids in our current pursuits embarked on with urgency and subdue us at the right moments, as we pursue our needs. Although their simple drawings initially appear to be the work of a child, the words used on their minuscule canvases reveal that our gripping little adventures are not as naïve as they appear and warrant more than a currente calamo narrative.
MDNF’s library is not a place for pretentious and exaggerated sermons. It is instead a playground, a speaker’s platform where everyone who looks deep enough will find a piece of their own troubles, or a snippet of current global issues. The micro-universes Michael and Neil construct on their canvases resemble time tunnels that make it possible to travel back in time and relive a moment, after having stumbled down the rugged roads of adulthood, or to briefly put everything in our lives on pause and satisfy our need to stop and think.
The artists might be long-standing collaborators, but they also work individually and it is interesting to see how different their styles are. Neil paints multi-layered and surreal paintings; whereas Michael’s work resembles an individual minimalist style using sculpture, collage and painting. Their collaborative creations, titled The MDNF Series, seem to be distilled from extended conversations that merge new configurations, common interests, inspiring and uplifting music, planetary developments and emotions around them.
Introducing Rooftop Garden (2022), a series by Michael Dumontier and Neil Farber (MDNF) from Winnipeg, Canada, whose work typically takes the audience by surprise and reminds us of a sequence of moments and possibilities from our private pasts to our common future.
ARTWORK BY MDNF
TEXT BY MONTY ESGUIN
Michael Dumontier and Neil Farber are modern narrators, who ingeniously fill the voids in our current pursuits embarked on with urgency and subdue us at the right moments, as we pursue our needs. Although their simple drawings initially appear to be the work of a child, the words used on their minuscule canvases reveal that our gripping little adventures are not as naïve as they appear and warrant more than a currente calamo narrative.
MDNF’s library is not a place for pretentious and exaggerated sermons. It is instead a playground, a speaker’s platform where everyone who looks deep enough will find a piece of their own troubles, or a snippet of current global issues. The micro-universes Michael and Neil construct on their canvases resemble time tunnels that make it possible to travel back in time and relive a moment, after having stumbled down the rugged roads of adulthood, or to briefly put everything in our lives on pause and satisfy our need to stop and think.
The artists might be long-standing collaborators, but they also work individually and it is interesting to see how different their styles are. Neil paints multi-layered and surreal paintings; whereas Michael’s work resembles an individual minimalist style using sculpture, collage and painting. Their collaborative creations, titled The MDNF Series, seem to be distilled from extended conversations that merge new configurations, common interests, inspiring and uplifting music, planetary developments and emotions around them.
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POSITOPIA
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is a large format international biannual magazine from Istanbul. Focusing on arts, culture and society, each issue tackles various universal subjects within a distinct theme.
Address
Mim Kemal Öke Cad. No.6 D.6 Nişantaşı, Şişli, İstanbul, Turkey
+90 212 232 4288
contact@212magazine.com
POSITOPIA
17
OUT NOW
is a large format international biannual magazine from Istanbul. Focusing on arts, culture and society, each issue tackles various universal subjects within a distinct theme.
Address
Mim Kemal Öke Cad. No.6 D.6 Nişantaşı, Şişli, İstanbul, Turkey
+90 212 232 4288
contact@212magazine.com