May I 2017

David Michael Hinnebusch made 'May I' with ink on paper, using expressive lines and collage to bring to life this strange scene. I can imagine Hinnebusch's hand moving quickly, confidently sketching out these figures, their faces so full of emotion. Look at the confident strokes that define their bodies, the way the ink bleeds slightly into the paper, giving the figures a sense of depth and presence. And then there's that pop of color in the collage, like a burst of energy cutting through the monochrome. It reminds me of Guston, or maybe even some of the weirder corners of Surrealism, where the everyday meets the absurd. There’s a raw, unfiltered quality to it that I find really compelling. It’s like he's inviting us into his world, a world where feelings are messy and complicated, and where art is a way of making sense of it all, one brushstroke at a time.