Elliott Hundley: Evoking Emotions | ART21 “Exclusive“

Episode #222: From his Los Angeles studio, artist Elliott Hundley describes an interest in evoking intense emotions through collage and photography. Inspired by opera’s use of highly artificial conventions to elicit an emotional response, Hundley describes his own work as being “imaginary operas.“ In contrast to this goal, the artist uses collage as a foil because of its straightforward and recognizable qualities. “[Collage] is resonant because it is made of the stuff that we see everyday, so it’s familiar,