Michael Manning

A large cloud of vapor slowly seeps from the lips of young blonde woman filling the back room of an upscale Los Angeles brunch hot spot with the distinct smell of piña colada. The screen on her iPhone is cracked but flickers with notifications. She picks up her phone and types, “what is even the deal with Ukraine? am I rite?” tweet sent.

#TOTALCOLLAPSE

NOTES :

SRIRACHA MAYO OVER EVERYTHING

Starbucks in the Forbidden City

Angry Birds Tapestries hanging next to Turkish rugs

Dreamcatcher designed with the Kansas City Chiefs logo hand sewn by Native American

Ming Tsai’s TV show East meets West

Teriyaki pork belly gordita sliders

All fusion restaurants really

Corporate social responsibility bro

FEEDBACK LOOOOOPPPPPPSSSSSSS

I buy a pair of jeans online, I get confirmation email about those jeans gmail generates ad about jeans like those jeans I am forever fed more information about a specific sub section of jeans CAN I EVER ESCAPE THESE JEANS?????

Did you buy those jeans online?

Stock image of all ethnicities putting one hand on top of each other’s

Pitbull - Timber ft. Ke$ha

#FARMSTEP

Plastic iced coffee cup filled with milky brown liquid as the universal

Subculture doesn’t exist

SALAD PIZZA

Confuse print and paint

APPLE WHITE

Commodification of crypto-currency (doge coins etc. pretty much just beanie babies)

The studio visit that made you realize aura is still relevant

Freeway overpass graffiti of a youtube link that is a video of the tagger painting the link

For his exhibition at American Contemporary Michael Manning will present new paintings and wall graphics, along side a series of videos. His paintings are produced on a computer, printed and hand finished. He lives and works in Los Angeles. Recent exhibitions include; Material Images. Johannes Vogt Gallery, NY, Bright & Contemporary, Smart Objects, LA, and a solo presentation at NADA Miami 2013 with Bill Brady KC, FL.