Pen & Paper: James Evans, From Streetwear Illustrator to Multimedia Art Director

"Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar," the old Freudian adage goes, but this is not the case for NYC-based artist James Evans, who translates the human experience onto photorealistic oil paintings of inanimate objects and closely-cropped body parts. Largely informed by graphic design and literature, Evans' diverse body of work features crushed beer cans, used ketchup packets and carefully-planned collages. He places a strong emphasis on text throughout his work as well, using phrases such as "Weir...