{"id":553963,"date":"2026-06-25T19:14:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T19:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/553963\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T19:14:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T19:14:22","slug":"a-visual-cacophony-of-people-places-and-things-fill-chris-millars-mixed-media-paintings-colossal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/553963\/","title":{"rendered":"A Visual Cacophony of People, Places, and Things Fill Chris Millar’s Mixed-Media Paintings \u2014 Colossal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Known for his painstakingly intricate mixed-media sculptures<\/a>, Canadian artist Chris Millar<\/a> continues to test the bounds of scale and detail. Two recent works epitomize his ongoing explorations: \u201cA Prize Every Time\u201d and \u201cLoom Beneath the Loam,\u201d the latter of which contains eight tiny paintings, two relief sculptures, and numerous sculptural elements attached to a brass frame. Cartoonish pendants, vignettes with faces, branch-like tendrils and more lend the piece an enigmatic contraption-like quality, as if the pull of a hidden lever will send the entire thing into motion.<\/p>\n

In a departure from his multimedia pieces, \u201cA Prize Every Time\u201d is a meticulously rendered acrylic painting containing some 90 portraits of notable figures from Alberta who populate a map of the province, where the artist originally hails from. It has the look of a tourism map merged with a look-and-find book.<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>\u201cLoom Beneath the Loam\u201d (2026), acrylic paint, resin, brass, and steel, 8.5 x 10.25 inches<\/p>\n

\u201cTo an American audience, a lot of the Alberta-centric easter eggs will go over their heads, but even if they don\u2019t know about Alberta\u2019s history or geography, it\u2019s a pretty fun painting to look at!\u201d Millar says. You may recognize a few famous individuals, such as Michael J. Fox and Joni Mitchell, both of whom were born there.<\/p>\n

See more on Millar\u2019s Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>Detail of \u201cLoom Beneath the Loam\u201d<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>Detail of \u201cLoom Beneath the Loam\u201d<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>Detail of \u201cLoom Beneath the Loam\u201d<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>Detail of \u201cA Prize Every Time\u201d<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>Detail of \u201cA Prize Every Time\u201d<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>Detail of \u201cA Prize Every Time\u201d<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>Detail of \u201cA Prize Every Time\u201d<\/p>\n

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