BERWICK:Lee Millard has come clean: He's the man who erected the memorial to a dead deer along Route 11 two years ago.
And that¹s only a sliver of what he¹s been up to.
In 2003, Millard came up with a campaign sign urging voters to support a fictional ape who hates humans. Then he planted it on a roadside among genuine campaign placards.
He has put Bambi on targets. He has staged a protest against nothing.
"I want people to question their own surroundings the way I do," said Millard, 27, a Bloomsburg University graduate who works as an art director, teacher and waiter.
Some people don't share Millard's enthusiasm. His own mother and grandmother asked, "Why can't you draw something nice, like a covered bridge?"
But Millard says he wants people to ask themselves, "Is this serious, or is this a joke?" He thinks his art is both.
As many of you know, Lee is a graduate of the MFA Program in Painting (he presented his thesis exhibit in 2005). Everyone should check out Lee's work at Lee Millard's Website. Search for "Millard" from that page and you'll see his work. Hoefully, we'll be able to post the full text of the artcicle soon.
Good work, Lee.
2 comments:
Great stuff, Lee. I love the fact that you're integrating your work into the rural landscape and giving people art where they don't expect it or don't want it.
Lee,
I'm siding with your Mom – I want more "Covered Bridges!" You're wasting your talent on ideas. Your brain will be the death of you... you're simply thinking about things too much – when's the last time you watched football?
I'm prescribing Football viewing – and get back to me about a choice for your favorite sitcom of the season... you are required to watch atleast one at the scheduled viewing time weekly, unless there's a football game on and the shows been postponed. Your life is waiting to be directed, have a seat – nobody will vote for your monkey... How much do you want for that planet of the apes picture with Carlton? Wanna trade? This is more of an email.... sorry everyone else!
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