Best Artist
Dylan Mortimer
Dylan Mortimer uses the basic graphic vocabulary found on signs and in instruction manuals to tackle complex issues of faith and religion. The absurd notion that such a simplification is even possible makes his work funny, allowing believers as well as nonbelievers a way to appreciate work with taboo subject matter. The young Mortimer, a 2002 graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute painting department, kept busy during 2003, with his solo, site-specific installation Museum of Faith Analysis displayed this spring at the Kansas City Jewish Museum, followed by his Prayer Booth installation along the 2003 Avenue of the Arts. Mortimer's eagerness to address religion, a subject important to him, in such an original manner makes him noteworthy among Kansas City's rich resource of artists.
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