Faculty of Art
Drawing and Painting
Ethan Platt
Recliner
Painting
Recliner considers the history of reclining nudes by substituting the classically alluring sexualized body with a digitally synthesized figure denoting ideas of digitality, sensuality and the bodies place outside of the tangible. The work further references copper as a luxurious material that exists in the painting timeline to adorn bodies. By rendering the digitally synthesized material in lieu of flesh, the body becomes synthetic, algorithmic, and sequenced considering the figure as an entity present in cyberspace.
Work by
Ethan Platt
Painter
“Considering the contemporary cyber modes of existence, my paintings challenge boundaries of the physical and digital human. I utilize a hybrid approach to painting through digital simulations that...” [More]
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