Kia / Sydeny

by Anthony Bartok
Submitted: August 14, 2024

Artist Statement

My work is a mirroring of the world around it, a reflection of Western culture. I adopt the low brow line of a colouring-in book in order to subvert the subject in an act of dumbing-down. I feel the realm of online images has collapsed into our lived space, opening up into a new merged reality of experience, blinding our senses. This drawing invites questions as to what is visible; the scale of line that was originally drawn quickly with a Sharpie pen has now been enlarged and rendered meticulously in black pencil. The cars are repeated and mirrored into an impossible configuration. What is un-real now exists in the real world.

Entry Details

Year Completed: 2024
Size / Dimensions cm: 100 x 50 cm
Materials / Mediums: pencil, pastel and charcoal on paper

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