i tried to capture the erosion of human mentorship, the destabilization of shared knowledge, and the ultimate passing of genuine inspiration under the shadow of modern technology and social media. Using a complex layering technique, I begin with an anxious color background, a disruptive blend of paint and collage that represents relentless noise.
I then intentionally created a conflict between the hand-painted and the mechanical.
Asking 'WHERE ARE OUR HEROES?' is a futile last attempt of redemption obscured and cancelled. This work is not a question, but a depiction of an absence—the tangible death of our essential connection to guidance in an era of static.
Put on Fudge Tunnel's The Complicated Futility of Ignorance on a sony walkman and crank it up until your ears bleed and your earlobes go numb.
Material: Enamel, acrylic, collage, ink, oil stick on a stretched canvas base. 36" x 48"