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Michael Bernhardt

West
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Featured in New American Paintings

Artist Statement

My drawings are proposals for grand environmental, social, and domestic products for the improvement of human life. These drawings represent my interest in examining the boundaries of possibility. I believe that good ideas are worth pursuing, even if they are unrealistic or flawed. Some of these project ideas are completely impractical, perhaps absurd, and I intend for this to be both humorous and sincere. Despite the differences in plausibility, these ideas have all been generated to make some type of honest improvement. Still, not all problems are equal, and good solutions often have unintended consequences.

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