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Dalia Smayze

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M ark Franz
Lives and works in Athens, Ohio, USA

An artist's statement

M

y art is informed by two
separate disciplines:
Literature and Design. In
regard to my research in Literature, it
has been common for me to focus on
20th century American Literature, and its
preoccupations with subculture, moral
climate change, and political
disenchantment. These ideas are
prominent in my research and artwork,
and it has become my pleasure to find
unique ways to communicate these ideas
visually. Poetry, as an excellent model for
the non‐linear narrative, as we