Body of work initiated in 1995.

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MadKing is an ongoing body of work by Elliott Earls, 1995 - 2009.

This section of the web site currently shows a very small fraction of the total works that comprise MadKing.

 

Candy and Horses, The Entenmann SMART car
(a Dyptich)

Candy and Horses, the Entenmann SMART Car Courtesy of Kathrin and Klaus Entenmann by Elliott Earls Dimensions Vary, SMART FourTwo Cabrio, Vinyl 2009

In January 2009 I was comissioned by collector Kathrin Entenmann to design a paint job (actually vinyl) for her SMART FourTwo Cabrio. Candy and Horses is the result.

 

	Candy and Horses, the Entenmann SMART Car. Hood Detail #1. Courtesy of Kathrin and Klaus Entenmann. by Elliott Earls Dimensions Vary, SMART FourTwo Cabrio, Vinyl 2009

Hence, the Dyptich...

The car was conceived as a dyptich. Hence there are two major components. The car, and an eight by ten inch india ink and kaolin clay drawing on hardboard. The drawing is entitled Horse no Candy.

 

	Horse no Candy, for the Entenmann SMART Car. India ink, Kaolin Clay, Hardboard. 8"x10", 2008. by Elliott Earls. Courtesy of Kathrin and Klaus Entenmann

 

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	Horse no Candy, for the Entenmann SMART Car. Detail #2 by Elliott Earls Dimensions Vary, SMART FourTwo Cabrio, Vinyl 2009

 

	Horse no Candy, for the Entenmann SMART Car. Detail #3 by Elliott Earls Dimensions Vary, SMART FourTwo Cabrio, Vinyl 2009

 

 

 

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What is MadKing?

Digital technologies have played a very important role in the development of my work. However, very early in my career I became acutely aware of the limitations of the digital realm. MadKing as a body of work was formulated as an antidote to these limitations. As my work became increasingly mediated by digital technologies, I found that I yearned for a much more corporeal connection to the work. So in 1995 I initiated a series of drawings, and screen prints that situated the hand squarely within the work. Over the course of the ensuing twelve years I have returned to this work as a kind of refuge from the demands of pieces like Catfish, Bull and Wounded Horse and Eye Sling Shot Lions.