Thumbs up (we must be living right), 2014

Thumbs up (we must be living right) is the result of DuCett’s labor-intensive three-year drawing process. His detailed and self-referential work reads like a pop-cultural map. Architectural elements coupled with renderings of small, inconsequential objects give the work a universally understood, but intensely personal, tone. The individual subjects of his drawing have a banal quality, but collaged together, they depict a meticulous nervous system of modern life. This print was created on the occasion of State of the Art at The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

Andy DuCett has worked in a variety of media, from small-scale drawings to installation. His work is an historical exploration of culture through popular imagery, everyday minutiae and personal memories. The pathways of his images move like organic streams of thought. A native of Winona, MN, he has exhibited at institutions throughout the United States, and currently teaches at the Minneapolis College of Art.

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