Bikini Painting

This is a painting using bleach on fabric (not wood as the description weirdly says. It is stretched on wood stretchers with a wooden strap frame. This painting is based on imagery from a documentary about a nuclear test on the paradise island of Bikini. The palm trees got blasted in the detonation which had a third larger yield than predicted. I explore nuclear explosions as cultural, historical and iconic symbols. Referencing the scale, beauty and abhorrent nature of the atom bomb I delve into the periphery of the subject, the myths, characters and surrounding evidence. I work across a wide range of media from vast oil paintings and projections to ceramics you could hold in your hand. I’m drawn to the decisive moment, the disruption of the landscape, the dust, the glow, the force of the explosion. I deliberate the split second that represents our race to self destruction.

Painting:bleach on Wood

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:19.7 W x 15.7 H x 1.6 D in

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