Gabriel Vormstein
2012
Pencil, watercolor, wall paint on newspaper
Inspired by 20th century masters such as Andy Warhol, Gabriel Vormstein's images are
painted directly onto newspaper, focusing on redrawing figures from art
history and fashion magazines. His liking of organic,
low-cost materials suggest a connection
between the degrading effects of age that newsprint and the body share. In this particular painting, there is an
interesting contrast. His use of different
adapted styles comments on the disappearing and
upcoming periods of time - in this sense, the past is attached to the
present. While the newsprint
remains the same consisting of already passed events, simultaneously it creates a divide between the “new” presence, his painting. At first, I chose this painting because of it's vibrant colors, but after discovering he focuses on images from fashion magazines, it just makes sense ...I smell what he's stepping in.
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