Executed with fluid watercolor washes and fine ink rapidograph work on archival paper this unique masterwork serves as a witty critique of modern social media identity. The composition masterfully mimics a smartphone Instagram grid layout filling nine distinct squares with stylized character transformations that honor legendary photographer Cindy Shermans chameleonic self-portraits layered under raw gouache touches and an elegant handwritten title caption.
Movies, TV and magazines are constant source of inspiration. Fame, as fleckring and shallow it can be sometimes, is very intriguing to him.
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Original Watercolor Painting - Cindy Sherman Discovers Instagram, 2017
Cindy Sherman Discovers Instagram, 2017
From the series Art, culture & society
Watercolor, ink, gouache on archival paper
Dimensions: 15 H x 15 W in.
Unframed
Santelices is a chilean artist and journalist living and working in New York for the last 20 years. After writing stories about style, design, art, and politics for a number of magazines, including the Spanish editions of Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, and Esquire, and being a fashion writer in New York for Vogue Mexico and Latin American for 7 years.
