Artist shares psychic connection in work
by Don Hicks, reporter

    LIFE & DEATH OF #1 is currently at the Modern Art Museum in Fort Worth, and Trenton Doyle Hancock, artist, said he shares a psychic connection with the mounds of earth.

The “mounds” began some 50 thousand years ago, according to the 27-year-old artist.

Hancock claims he is “ground control,” and the mounds on earth are his “satellites.”

Most of the exhibit pieces require extended explanation, so visitors should consider buying the program, even though this reviewer gives it a PG13 rating for language.

Three main characters evolve out of the Hancock’s work, The Legend, Loid and Torpedo Boy, among others.

Legend is Mound #1.

“It is around this enigmatic form that this exhibition revolves,” he says.

The exhibit explores the Life & Death of #1 and life after #1. Many aspects of the exhibit represent life, earth, good and evil.

Torpedo Boy is a muscle-bound super-hero, complete with Lone Ranger type mask, cape and large “T” on his shirt. T-Boy’s mission is to save the mounds of the earth.

Loid is the force that takes revenge on anyone harming the mounds. This vengeance is creative and swift on young and old.

“These are images I would rather forget,” he says.

Many may feel that way about most of the exhibit.

I admit to appreciating “traditional art.” This is NOT traditional art. Maybe a little like Picasso … No, not really. Maybe more like Cézanne’s Mont Sainte-Victoire … No, not really.

Maybe, Monet’s Rue Montar-gueil with Flags that makes you step back because at first glance, you are too close (at any distance) to appreciate the big picture. No, not really.

The fact is Hancock’s work is in a category of its own.

Although publicity shots of Me Turning Into Torpedo Boy look like something out of a comic book, this exhibit is not for the young, sensitive or easily offended.

Admission is free.