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Leo Gabin — French Braid Tutorial
Leo Gabin

French Braid Tutorial

Leo Gabin's *French Braid Tutorial* merges the visual language of internet culture with the slick, polished surfaces of contemporary painting through a layered combination of acrylic, lacquer, spray paint, and silkscreen on canvas. The work captures the collective's signature approach of appropriating found digital imagery, transforming the mundane instructional aesthetics of online tutorials into a vibrant, commodified spectacle. The interplay of industrial and painterly materials lends the piece a glossy, screen-like quality that blurs the boundary between analog craft and digital consumption.

Medium
acrylic, lacquer, spray paint, silkscreen on canvas

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Under the Influence

September 16, 2014

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Leo Gabin, French Braid Tutorial

Leo Gabin's *French Braid Tutorial* merges the visual language of internet culture with the slick, polished surfaces of contemporary painting through a layered combination of acrylic, lacquer, spray paint, and silkscreen on canvas. The work captures the collective's signature approach of appropriating found digital imagery, transforming the mundane instructional aesthetics of online tutorials into a vibrant, commodified spectacle. The interplay of industrial and painterly materials lends the piece a glossy, screen-like quality that blurs the boundary between analog craft and digital consumption.

Medium
acrylic, lacquer, spray paint, silkscreen on canvas
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Belgian Artist, Mixed Media, Street Art Influence, Collective Artists, Appropriation Art, Pop Art, Internet Culture, Silkscreen On Canvas, Contemporary Art, Vibrant Colors, Playful Mood, Figurative

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