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incredulous
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coming full circle as it were once again no tongue-in-cheek no highly stylized pleasantries, LEDs mistrustful dubious unconvinced raw turn your head and cough self-examinations |
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Los Caprichos 2020
I set out to explore the concept of WWGD—What Would Goya Do? I imagined a contemporary Goya, seated at his computer, crafting digital collages, and instantly sharing them with the world through social media.
For this series, I sought to faithfully recreate the compositions of Los Caprichos using contemporary figures. Each piece reinterprets an original print, with its title sourced from a related tweet by @RealDonaldTrump. The work’s tone draws inspiration from George Orwell’s 1984, employing rough digital collaging and historical obfuscation—echoing Winston Smith’s role in rewriting history to serve a totalitarian Big Brother.
After months of researching Trump’s tweets and collecting collage materials for all of Los Caprichos, I had to stop after just four images. It was simply too much.
I set out to explore the concept of WWGD—What Would Goya Do? I imagined a contemporary Goya, seated at his computer, crafting digital collages, and instantly sharing them with the world through social media.
For this series, I sought to faithfully recreate the compositions of Los Caprichos using contemporary figures. Each piece reinterprets an original print, with its title sourced from a related tweet by @RealDonaldTrump. The work’s tone draws inspiration from George Orwell’s 1984, employing rough digital collaging and historical obfuscation—echoing Winston Smith’s role in rewriting history to serve a totalitarian Big Brother.
After months of researching Trump’s tweets and collecting collage materials for all of Los Caprichos, I had to stop after just four images. It was simply too much.
Post 2020 election.
Leading up to the 2016 election I was documenting the Republican candidates for president using traditional campaigning materials.
Digital Misogyny
Paying homage to the greats like The Who and The Decemberists, with the raw edge of Green Day, my imaginary digital band presents a binary rock opera inspired by the tweets of @RealDonaldTrump. Transformed into binary code, the tweets generate a hypnotic rhythm, driving this eight-track series that delves into Trump’s history of misogyny, spotlighting his attacks on female celebrities, journalists, and politicians through a surreal, algorithmic soundscape.
Miscelaneous commentary from over the years.
Amazingly, these prints were made pre pandemic when there was a measles outbreak at Disney ... brought to you by anti-vaxers.
These prints were produced after No Child Left Behind was hitting all schools serving minoritized populations disporportionally compared to wealthier schools.
When I first learned relief printmaking, I was very influenced by Sean Starwars. The Bush/Cheney years were full of angry art.