Influencer by Mark James Nicholls
Description
Original Painting. In a locked-down world of confused references, the lives of others become our window on reality and we become the influenced, randomly following the influencer. Time to “unfollow”?
Version 1: Influencer
Collage and gouache on paper.
33cm x 56cm
Concept:
Scroll down - swipe right - swipe left - scroll up; our unfiltered social media feeds present “Influencer”. A fabrication of classic and ephemeral images. A fragmented, torn-up style icon in which Star Wars characters peer out from a cut-up Warhol’s Marilyn. A bright but empty light that no moth can resist. In a locked-down world of confused references, the lives of others become our window on reality and we become the influenced, randomly following the influencer. Time to “unfollow”?.
