Neil Young Philadelphia 2012
| Headlining | Neil Young |
| Artist | Todd Slater |
| Venue | Wells Fargo Center - Philadelphia, PA |
| Type | Gig Poster |
| Technique | Screen print |
| Country | United States |
| 2012-11-30 | |
| Edition | /150 |
| Dimensions | 61.0 × 45.7 cm |
| Notes | Regular edition, s/# out of 150 Variant edition, s/# out of 35 From the artist: I stared at Neil Young's name nearly every day for 3 months on my iCalendar leading up to the deadline for this. I felt a responsibility to push myself on this art and not repeat elements from a past Neil print I've made. In the end I settled on illustrating some of my favorite lyrics from After the Goldrush: "flying mother nature's silver seed to a new home in the sun". To me, the song is about mankind disrupting the balance of nature and ultimately causing the downfall of our planet. As Earth crumbles a few chosen ones leave the planet to colonize a new home on the sun. The most challenging part was on how to represent mother nature. I wasn't sure whether to illustrate her as an ethereal being or as one of the animals living amongst the trees. Making mother nature an animal would preserve her purity I felt. I pictured her as an owl watching over all of the forest guiding the chosen ones to their new home. -TS |
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