Ethan Platt
Smoker
Painting
Smoker examines indulgence and vanity as themes in figurative art through the cigarette. By depicting the digitally contrived body smoking, I consider the humans existence in digital space as parallel to physical space. I hyperbolize and contradict this digital body by composing analog objects in digital space, forming a dialect between the human’s ability to pass between digital and physical realities.
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]