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A digitally rendered abstract figure composed of fragments of images interwoven and stacked on top of each other so that almost nothing is distinguishable. In the top half, what appears to be a humanoid figure has their back facing the viewer. The bottom half is less defined, with a chaotic mix of red and pink surrounding a drawing of a row of teeth.
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Uomo
Ben Rubin
My art practice is based on the surrealist parlor game called Exquisite Corpse where three artists collaborate to create a figure. I usually do it with other artists but in isolation I started doing them by myself. I think of them as a way to observe how we are permeated by culture both mentally and physically. All of the images that go into constructing the figures are gathered from random places on the internet and then imported into a simple graphics program where I can join and manipulate them; art is what I do, it's who I am. I make art because it is part of the way I approach and understand the world.
