Wardell Milan photographs dioramas he constructs to create an infinitely compelling cacophony. In reproduction, Milan's work is chaotic, but the large-scale 4 x 5 photographs in the gallery create an entirely different sense of the work: I could literally stare at them for hours. (I would still like have no idea what is going on; the scenes make no sense in the surrealist way while dealing with themes of masculinity, history, progress, and memory in a way that evokes the lucidity of a groggy dream.)
His collages are equally successful for opposite reasons. The parred down figures are ghostly by their acquired nature and Milan touches them with delicate pencil overlay (human organs, etc) and a popping underlay of natural forms (flowers) and other vibrant colors.
I cannot load his website. I hope you can: http://www.wardellmilan.com/
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