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Look inside the latest issue of The Paris Review and discover the work of artist Troy Michie, whose interdisciplinary paintings and collages are featured both on the cover of no. 234 and in a portfolio. Michie, who was raised in El Paso, Texas, tells editor Emily Nemens, “The atmosphere that I grew up in has played such a huge role in the way I see the world. When you grow up in a border community, it’s not abnormal to go to school with people from Mexico, or to speak Spanish, or to witness two cultures amalgamate, which ultimately I see as a collage.”
This same sense of collage carries over to his work: “Many of my compositions seem a little formal, emphasizing geometric abstraction. I think a lot about delineation and boundaries. Oftentimes, when I’m crossing materials over another line or a grid that I’ve established, I’m considering the threshold of the border. But it’s important for me that it’s . . . I can’t really think of a better word than complicated.”
To learn more about Michie’s work, tune in to his takeover of the Paris Review Instagram today, September 29, starting at 10:00 a.m. ET. He’ll be giving viewers a peek into his process throughout the day.
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