Haring Dog (Red)
2019
Nick Smith's systematic deconstruction of iconic imagery reaches playful heights in this 2019 work, where Keith Haring's beloved dancing dog is reimagined through the artist's signature color-chip methodology. Executed as a giclée print with screenprint varnish on Somerset Satin paper, the piece demonstrates Smith's continued exploration of how pixelated color fragments can reconstruct familiar cultural symbols. Published by Rhodes Contemporary Art in an edition of 66, the work exemplifies the artist's ongoing dialogue between digital aesthetics and art historical references.
- Medium
- Giclee print with screenprint varnish on Somerset Satin paper
- Dimensions
- Signed
- Yes
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Published by Rhodes Contemporary Art
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Wade Guyton
American · b. 1972
Guyton similarly employs digital and mechanical processes to reconstruct and fragment iconic imagery into pixelated or glitched forms, blurring the line between appropriation and new creation in a conceptually rigorous yet visually playful way.
Invader
French · b. 1969
Invader's signature practice of rebuilding pop cultural icons through mosaic tile grids mirrors Smith's color chip methodology, both artists deconstructing familiar symbols into geometric fragments while celebrating digital aesthetics and vibrant color within a Pop Art framework.
Sigmar Polke
German · b. 1941
Polke pioneered the use of raster dot patterns and appropriated imagery to systematically deconstruct cultural symbols, directly anticipating Smith's pixelated color chip approach and the shared interest in how mechanical repetition and fragmentation can reconstruct recognizable Pop imagery.
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