Painter Andrew J Park draws inspiration from internet sources and AI-generated images to create artworks reflecting on memory's unreliability. Utilizing VHS techniques, he distorts images into nostalgic fragments representing the past. His work embraces 'the poor image' concept by focusing on accessible, digitally compressed content rather than high fidelity, democratizing culture. Influenced by artists like Lucian Freud, he merges traditional methods with modern technology, revealing a tension between synthetic, algorithmic forms and human memory, evoking both the sentimental and the intangible aspects of nostalgia.
I've long been fascinated by the fallibility of memory. How it can be deeply unreliable, yet remain a powerful force in shaping one's perception and decision making.
The paintings are then executed entirely freehand without the use of stencils or vinyl, relying on the occasional painters tape.
There's a tension there in the confluence of the synthetic and the sentimental, between something algorithmic and immaterial like AI, and something real yet intangible like memory and nostalgia.
As a 90s baby, Andrew shares flickering childhood memories of Power Rangers and retro videogames as a way of democratising culture - prioritising accessibility over technical perfection.
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