Virtual Happiness

VIRTUAL HAPPINESS

Neo Expressionist Pop Painting on Canvas
by Brendan Walsh (ColdGhost)

This Artwork is a continuation in my current series playfully exploring the merging of man and machine.

The evolutionary process which was once a product of nature, is now controlled by humans.

In the age of wearable technologies, where does the human end, and machine begin? And will there still be space for our soul?

In this painting, Childhood fantasies of future technology from last century, Robot Comics and Astro Boy Cartoons, collide with the crushing reality of 2023 Big Tech.

Into the future we stride, smart phones in hand, typing all our personal information into Apps, our likes & dislikes, our exact location being tracked by satellites.

All this juicy information harvested and sold off to advertisers; ready to capitalise on our every desire and insecurity.

I agree to all T’s & C’s and tick the box;
I’m not a Robot.

This original Mixed Media painting playfully explores some of these ideas in a Neo Expressionist, Pop style. Text and imagery dance across the canvas as Cyborgs and Robots wearing today’s Apple Vision glasses are juxtaposed against vintage comic book advertisements for Xray specs.

The work comes on a quality stretched canvas painted black around the edges and is ready to hang.

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•URBAN POP ART•ABSTRACT GRAFFITI•

Coldghost is a Mixed Media Artist creating works of Urban Pop Art and Abstract Graffiti, most of these artworks are created using recycled materials..

Creating art on Recycled Paper, but also on other found objects including Timber, Canvas, Cardboard and Fabric.

Cold Ghost Artworks draw heavily from Street Art, Suburban and Pop Culture, the Artwork is primarily influenced by graffiti. The works are created using Spray Paint and acrylics, which is can then be finished with paint pens, pencils oil sticks, stencils, in fact anything that can make a mark & most of the works have a layered, textured 3D effect with Lumps, Drips, Rips & Scratches becoming part of the finished Art.

- ColdGhostArt is a business run from a studio on the Central Coast, north of Sydney.

ColdGhostArt has been commissioned to produce art in commercial & public spaces both in Sydney and on The Central Coast and has painted many murals in Restaurants, Bars, Retail Spaces & Galleries.

As well as works being sold in London, ColdGhost is also sold in Australia through online galleries and various Retail Outlets.