Material Girl 1.3
Brad Novak
$2,250.00
Dimensions: 700 w × 700 h × 45 d
Materials: Acrylic and spray paint on wooden board
Description: Unique Painting
Category: Paintings & Prints
Novak’s one-of-a-kind works involve the layering of popular imagery. Fundamentally, both his work and practice are about keeping our inner child alive and reconnecting with a time before ‘The Digital Dilemma’.
Many of the subjects he paints look out at the world through his signature 'tech lens':
“This increasingly technological world was supposed to make our lives easier. The allure of more downtime and a decreasing burden in our busy lives was a false promise if ever there was one.”
Rather than making our lives simpler, and slower, the digital (and internet-based) world is speeding everything up. We think we are more connected (more ‘friends’… more likes… empty dopamine hits… which the artist compares to crack cocaine in the 80’s - except this epidemic is more pervasive).
In the artist’s own words:
“I believe those of us who can remember first-hand what it was like before the internet have a duty to future generations - it’s increasingly hard for us to switch off. These artworks continue to be my commentary, and warning, about the challenges with an ever-increasing technological age”.
- Brad Novak