Slapstick Malware
Marques DeLoney (Selden, NY)
Acrylic Painting on canvas, Mixed-Media, 24” W x 18” H
Artwork:
A response to bullying.
Artist Statement:
Road to The Heart is a series created as a response to overwhelming negative information. There are themes of digital rage, erratic behavior and overstimulation. In a world where my generation is expected to tolerate hate-speech, social inequality, and brutality, these paintings hold space for the emotional response before logic kicks in. I wanted to evoke the feeling of a virtual world by using glitchy, bright neon pink and green pixels, explosive body language, and collages overloaded with text. The characters contend with elements of both the real and digital world, shifting in and out of reality. I've chosen not to attach morality to their actions. I only wish to capture how they react to their surroundings.
From the We're Doing It ALL Wrong® - 4th Annual Art Exhibition