Image courtesy of Bradley Hart
Artist Bradley Hart doesn't draw or paint -- he injects.
Hart uses syringes to inject acrylic paints into bubble wrap to create beautifully pixelated portraits. One of Hart's most interesting injection series subjects is Steve Jobs (pictured above). The artist started with a photo of the late Apple co-founder and allowed the playful shipping staple to act as his canvas.
Art critic and Ph.D. Deborah Zafman offered her take on Hart's work in a press release for his New York show:
The bubble wrap-as-canvas proposition seems to poke fun at the modernist grid which has been the emblem of modernity. While the modernist grid traditionally implies flatness, Hart subverts this through his use of a three-dimensional grid ... bubble wrap! But it is more serious than a subversive joke. The round bubbles represent “pixels” and this relates directly to our age of digital photography.
This isn't the first time Hart has used Jobs as a subject -- Jobs can also be seen in Hart's "Impression" project (pictured below). If you'd like to see Hart's work up close and live in the New York City area, visit the nine5 gallery until March 29.
Image courtesy of Bradley Hart