Chris Finley

While reading the pdf file on the rise of digital technology and art, one artist caught my eye with his unique approach and results. Chris Finely, a relatively recent artist, is a clear example as to how the digital age has affected him both in reality and in artistic mentality. Finely, known mostly for his earlier drawings, created assortments of bizarre works such as Drool Sweat Scream (1998) show below.

In this mind bending work, various images are exposed to the viewer through a reflective format which duplicates opposing sides with that trippy telescope manner. Just like the title, activities that induce drool, sweat, and screaming are shown; none of which are very attractive due to the choice in facial detail or color. Just look at the bottom middle of the frame: Albert Einstein seems to be chowing down on what appears to be a cockroach and strawberry topped deep dish pizza with all three of his hands. Horrendous.

Anyway his old work is beside the point. In the late 90's Finely had a revelation and found perspective due to his excitement for video games and programming. Thankfully the days of pizza/weightlifting/orientals had 

come to a halt.

In the reading, the selected piece titled Goo Goo Pow Wow (2001) caught my eye due to its capture of unusual beauty (seen right). When reading, the work became even more enticing due to his reenactment of technological glitching, or the limitation of a computer software. I feel this exposes the concept that the digital world is far from natural reality behind the screen. In terms of strength, more dominate color could be used such as a blue back ground but I believe the piece is potent enough, 

Citations:

Paul, Christiane. Digital Art. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2003. Print.

"Contemporary Art & Artists: ARTS 1001 Blog." Web log post. Contemporary Art & Artists – Chris Finley. N.p., 22 Nov. 2008. Web. 04 Sept. 2013. <http://blog.lib.umn.edu/peza0001/arts1001wednesdays/2008/11/contemporary_artist_chris_finl.html>.