Image:EMPYREAN / 2011 / Mixed paint and used computer disks on wood / 28cm x 27cm / Signed 1 off original
Nick Gentry paints his portraits on old floppy disks. He grew up with obsolete mediums such as – floppy disks, VHS tapes, polaroids and cassettes.
Gentry’s work is a comment on waste culture, life cycles and identity. “Using old disks as a canvas,” shares Gentry “these artifacts are combined to create photo-fits and identities that may draw connections to the personal information that is then forever locked down underneath the paint.”