“My current series explores the dichotomy between high-energy nightlife and a time of broad and introspective contemplation.
Since 2006, I have been painting night landscapes of cities such as Atlanta, GA, Charlotte, NC, Los Angeles, CA, and Seoul, Korea.
This series began after moving to Atlanta in 2006. I used to drive around at night just to hear my own thoughts. Night after night, I was increasingly inspired by the interplay of lights and brilliant colors speckled and smeared against the rich, black night sky.
As the city’s nightlife shifts into full gear, it conducts a speeding electricity and exposes the ones responsible for it. There’s something eerily beautiful about human figures and vehicles in movement, amidst the darkness of night. They are transformed, visually translated into apparitions of themselves moving through the blackness, made visible by the mixture of light sources and their reflections.”
Maxx Morgan
A TALE OF TWO CITIES: Maxx Morgan & Bryce Hammond @ Alan Avery Art Company, Atlanta, GA
