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An artist shout out for Michael C. Hsiung is long overdue considering The Rathaus is friends with him on both Twitter and Facebook and we've been following his work since we saw the Enjoi deck he designed back in 2007. His quirky ink drawings feature re-imagined characters from mythology and folk tales that are cute, funny and near romantic yet tinged with an almost morose mystery. Centaurs writhing in pain from arrow shots, a giant mollusk attempting to devour a skin diver, mermen struggling with life in general and knights falling over one another to lift an angora unicorn are but a few of the scenes Hsiung has created using an approach to form, line and color that is inspiring in its simplistic purity. The result is like if Aubrey Beardsley illustrated a Chinese scroll about mythical creatures while adhering to Jean DuBuffet's color palette, in a word: special. We should also mention Hsiung has one of the most boss mustaches we have ever seen, so if you can't respect the work you've got to at least respect the 'stache.

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Click here to see more of Michael C. Hsiung's work.

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July 15, 2009 Art, The Rathaus

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An artist shout out for Michael C. Hsiung is long overdue considering The Rathaus is friends with him on both Twitter and Facebook and we’ve been following his work since we saw the Enjoi deck he designed back in 2007. His quirky ink drawings feature re-imagined characters from mythology and folk tales that  are cute, funny and near romantic yet tinged with an almost morose mystery. Centaurs writhing in pain from arrow shots, a giant mollusk attempting to devour a skin diver, mermen struggling with life in general and knights falling over one another to lift an angora unicorn are but a few of the scenes Hsiung has created using an approach to form, line and color that is inspiring in its simplistic purity. The result is like if Aubrey Beardsley illustrated a Chinese scroll about mythical creatures while adhering to Jean DuBuffet‘s color palette, in a word: special. We should also mention Hsiung has one of the most boss mustaches we have ever seen, so if you can’t respect the work you’ve got to at least respect the ‘stache.

centaur_color

kind_english_butcher

old_timey

wood_cutter_beaver

dining_on_shrimp

baby_angora

Click here to see more of Michael C. Hsiung’s work.

posted by: Harold Johns III

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  1. Michael C. Hsiung says:
    July 16, 2009 at 12:07 pm

    Thanks so much rathausartprojects for the nice shoutout! I really appreciate it, I certainly do.

  2. May says:
    July 16, 2009 at 12:45 pm

    Cool stuff! Thanks for sharing

  3. Jag%9Niles says:
    July 29, 2009 at 7:18 pm

    Good Work & Finespun web site

  4. admin says:
    July 29, 2009 at 7:53 pm

    Thanks for reading. Cheers!

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