Brooklyn-based artist Mac Premo presents mixed media collage work in solo exhibition I'm Usually Pretty Good at Naming Things.
"A few years ago, I noticed that my art and commercial practices were beginning to converge. The process by which I was creating art began to take on some of the pre-planning inherent to commercial production. At the same time, I was watching artists my age become successful in the art world. Some of that art world success looked to me a lot like the convergence I was suspicious of in my own practice. Is this the future of an aging artist? Does planning supplant discovery?" - Mac Premo
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About Mac Premo
Mac Premo makes art, commercials and short films. Born in Washington, DC in 1973, Mac graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1995 and moved to New York that same year. His films and art have exhibited worldwide, including the Ringling Museum, PS1 MoMA and The Brooklyn Museum. Mac has won 13 New York Emmy® Awards for his video and animation work, including awards for best commercial, photography, set design and best PSA. Sometimes he writes and performs one-man plays. Mac is a NYFA Fellow and is based in Brooklyn, NY.
