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22-JAN-2007

Postmodern Steve

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Date/Time22-Jan-2007 02:48:52
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Canon DSLR Challenge17-Apr-2007 23:04
This is just a slightly different take on an Ed Paschke titled "Negrette"

Leonard Koscianski (2002)
"In Negrette by Ed Paschke, a media saturated individual, in electric colors, is transected by lines and shapes that suggest a CAD designed world in an electronic space; a space with its own form of chaos, noise, and interference. The artist depicts an individual transformed into a somewhat dehumanized hybrid of the organic and the electronic. Paschke’s subject appears electric and digital, and becomes less real. Dominated by the media he watches, his subject is in the process of morphing into the simulacra of digital space with its flickering scan lines. It is as if the artist is attempting to paint the persona of the TV viewer after a lifetime of prime time programming. Part of Paschke’s vision is the use of oil on canvas. His traditional medium detaches the observer from the electronic world. It also allows him to display his medium’s material strength in the face of the contemporary digital onslaught by creating images that are larger and more dramatic than those of the typical home television. Rather than setting up his easel in front of the TV (a postmodern stance), it is as if he has placed it on top of the TV facing the audience. If Guy Debord (1967) is correct and the viewer becomes dominated by the electronic spectacle, then Ed Paschke’s paintings may mirror that eerie transformation."

Anyway, that's where it came from.
Canon DSLR Challenge13-Apr-2007 23:06
Forgot to write what this reminded me of, and appeared to be an "anti version" of:
Andres Serrano. If you haven't heard of him, I'm not sure it's worth looking him up.
-kiki2
Canon DSLR Challenge13-Apr-2007 22:41
LOL. I take it this is Steve submerged in various contemporary fluids. I won't comment on the execution of fear from hurting your feelings but it's a funny idea. Apart from Steve's nose being "not submerged in blue" (which tells me he may or may not still be able to breath.. after all the image is inversed) this is utterly incomprehensible. Completey wild and pretty funny.
-Kiki2