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B I G P I E C E S
Ranging in size from medium to extra large, these works share significant visual & emotional impact
“Yield”
This landscape, by CDM, rendered in bold, painterly strokes, was a bit of a mystery until Terri Belasco, his girlfriend at the time, revealed that it was done as a companion piece to a Pearl Jam poster included in their 1998 album “Yield.” Chris had affixed the poster to the wall, and then “finished” the left side of the image.
A recreation.
“Untitled” Micha Christmas Card, ‘20
Tempera paint on paper
24” x 8”
by Christopher Dillon Micha
Date: Unknown
I recently discovered this painting that my son Christopher had done (signed, but not dated). The work is remarkable. Amazing really, in it’s subject and execution. My first thought upon finding it was, why didn’t I know and recognize this brilliant example of a talent when it was created? Did I see it when he painted it, and dismiss it as the work of a young dilettante? I have no recollection – it was as though I was seeing it for the first time. And I yearned to now, praise him for it. Christopher was first and foremost, a musician and a songwriter. Secondarily, a graphic designer – but, not to my knowledge, a fine artist. So this, and another I found with it, were, as far as I know, “one-offs,” and as such, all the more intriguing and tantalizing. I’m sure he would be pleased to know it is now a Christmas card. – ETM, 2020
“Peace”
This is as much John Lennon as anything else. It shows up in the Video Das Phrogge Body & Mind -You’re Sleeping
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We’re not sure who the poet is,
(the handwriting seems to match Meghan’s “La La Girl”) but the beauty and irony of the sentiment is undeniable.
“The Feline Beast”
Surely among the more puzzling segments of the Wall is this aggregation of discordant elements. Which of them are meant to go together? The two over-lapping triangle segments, the feline beast and the “cup runneth over...” verse came from the same brush. But what about the orange circle and dot? And, the pasted-on photo of the German Poet & Author, Charles Bukowski? *
“Balloons”
Purposeful design or just a color test,
these aerosol daubs and drips seem to be beginning an ascent.
“The Artist Formally Known As”
Chris loved Prince. His spray-paint tribute marks the “Artist Formerly Known As” symbol adapted by Prince Rogers Nelson in 1993.
“B. With Arrow”
“Lots of memories right there. The Big B with arrow down and strange symbol to its right was my handy work.”
“The symbol was something I added to the wall. This was the signature artist Derek Riggs would use on his artwork. He did many of the band Iron Maiden, my favorite band, album covers so that was my little homage to Maiden. Unfortunately I can not recall who wrote the Thank You. However, a fond memory did pop into my head which was always having that smell of a freshly brewed pot of coffee walking into your home for rehearsal. I’m not sure if you always had a pot on at 7/8pm but I am pretty certain Chris always made it for us to fuel up before playing. I can smell it as I type this.” – Brian Smith
“Semz”
Joseph McCarthy, aka “Joey Semz” was an infamous local Graffitti artist, in the early eighties, until he died of a drug overdose in 2007. I’m not sure how often he visited the attic, but his unmistakable tag is emblazoned on the upper righthand corner of the Wall.
CDM’s touching and sadly ironic tribute, plus his insistent, nearby, “SEMZ LIVES”
“Semz (2)”
Some additional scribbling follows
Semz’ formal Tag. Includes
indecipherable content as well as
a crude “Chris Dillon.”
“The Frame”
Like “The Fantasticks” , this piece owes its existance to an inadvertant consequence of the creation of another project. Unlike the former, the primary work here is unknown. All we have is the red, blue and black ribbons of border spray...
and a riddle – at 8 ft. wide and 6’ high, what was the progenitor? A banner perhaps. It’s remains serves nobly as a colorful border for several smaller pieces below.
“Untitled”
With all due respect to the master, Franz Kline, this piece, likely created not specifically to be considered a work of art, (no less an example of abstract expressionism), but to me nonetheless, evokes the spirit of Kline’s gestural paintings. – ETM
“Dillon’s gestural abstraction has spontaneity-reaction of brush to surface. His strokes are a unique fingerprint, an expression of the mo
2012 – Franz Kline’s untitled black and white canvas from 1957 shattered the artist’s record sales price in a Christie’s auction Wednesday. The $40.4-million top bid more than quadrupled the previous record, set just Tuesday. (Christie’s)
Franz Kline, Black Sienna, 1960
Oil on canvas, 92 1/4” x 68”