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Passionate Boredom Series On the surface these new Paintings are about disenfranchised youth- crime, self harm, adolescent subjects. |
Passionate Boredom Series On the surface these new Paintings are about
disenfranchised youth- crime, self harm, adolescent subjects. But
actually these paintings are about boredom. Over exposure to MTV
culture and youth culture as a capitalist gimmick. Boredom with the
images and playing with the images to make a bigger point about
Boredom. New York Graffiti artists believe in self expression- leaving
a mark of you selfhood- but actually it is meaningless. A graffiti name
is hope for a connection with us a nostalgia, rebelliousness and
perceived individuality that is close to the romantic spirit. a state
of being that is now outmoded as graffiti has become so commonplace as
to be overlooked and can only be looked on with irony . The figures
are painted with "alla prima" virtuosity heightening the difference in
visual languages. the futility of coherent artistic expression, a
pointless nihilism of contemporary life.
