Mike Estabrook (artist)

He often imposes these fantastical creations onto pre-existing cultural materials such as movie clips, army recruiting pamphlets, and magazines.

An early example is The Road to Nam, a mash-up in which the famous Eddie Adams photograph of an execution during the Vietnam War is animated to depict the two main characters each singing a part to Bob Hope and Bing Crosby's version of If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd a Baked a Cake.

Most Recently, Estabrook created Warriors of The Dragon's Teeth, a multi media installation done in Tbilisi Georgia in November 2015.

The work uses this myth as springboard to discuss the interests of western neoliberal powers in countries of the former Soviet Union, such as Georgia.

His drawing projects include "Purple Pilot Pen Presidential Portraits", a piece in which all of the American presidents (as of 2005) were rendered hairless.

Other members who’ve participated are Brian Higbee, Glen Eden Einbinder, Jennifer Berklich, and Manny Migrino.

Artcodex have frequently engaged in “Social Sculpture” works, usually infused with humor and centered around political topics, such as war, gmo agriculture, and invasive plants.

image on left A still from Self-Inflicted Monster Death, 2010.
Popes , installed at St. Paul the Apostle Church , NYC, fall 2009.
Feel Remington's Beef , acrylic on magazine, 2008.