Love v Hate in Binary Code (2019) Painting by Vinci Art
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Original Artwork (One Of A Kind)
Painting,
Acrylic
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Ink
on Canvas
- Dimensions Height 15.8in, Width 15.8in
- Artwork's condition The artwork is in perfect condition
- Framing This artwork is not framed
- Categories Paintings under $1,000 Abstract Geometric
The most recent body of works includes “Duplicity of Life” in which the Artists explore the opposites, such as yin & yang, war & peace, love & hate, rich & poor, and life & death. This particular work deals with the contrast between “Love & Hate”
This work has been inspired by the programme “Work of Art: The Next Great Artist” which is an American reality competition show in which up-and-coming Artists compete for a Solo Show at the Brooklyn Museum. Also inspired by previous works “Retro Celebs Stars” on gridded Binary Disco Floor, see Digital work “Rock n Roll Star” 2016.
In Series 1 Episode 8 “Opposites Attract” the Artists are to make a work of art based on opposites such as heaven & hell, male & female, and order & chaos. (available on youtube)
This painting is a piece of Conceptual Art, that follows a sequence or order, with ASCII Text (Alphabetical Letters) that represents a secret message in Binary Code. An infill square of colours indicates 1 in the Binary code and 0 when the infill is left blank white.
Such as each row represents a Letter, firstly, L, next O, next V, next E, and spells “Love” with “L” represented as “01101100” on canvas. The first four letters of “Love” follows primary colours, Blue, Red, and Yellow and repeat in order.
The next four rows spell the opposite word “Hate” in complimentary colours (complimentary colours are opposite on the colour wheel, see the last image) such that Orange opposite of Blue, Green opposite of Red, and Purple opposite of Yellow.
Signed & Dated by the Artist on the Reverse and Signed & Dated Certificate of Authenticity.
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Biography
Vinci is a Conceptual Artist and is best known for his abstract use of repetitive vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines superimposed with four-letter words forming a playable word search.
“The idea or concept [Conceptual Art] is the most important aspect of the work, and I use any medium [painting, digital, printmaking or sculpture] to convey the idea to the piece of Fine Art”
The Artist is interested in the interaction between opposites, yin & yang, war & peace, love & hate, rich & poor, and life & death. The Artist juxtaposes these contrasts with the innocent of Toys and Games used in our youth.
His most recent body of work Style Series is influenced by De Styij or Style after Piet Mondrian [1872-1944]
His previous body of work includes "Flags of the World" which communicates with viewers through linguistics, semiotics, and cryptography. The series includes English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, and American Flags superimposed with four-letter words of their respective language forming a playable word search from A to Z.
His previous works include, "Retro Celebrity Stars", which is a homage to Celebrities of our past from the films of the Hollywood Golden Era to the present day. Every one of these individuals helped create the world we live in today, and though we know their names, their actual images might be fading from our memory.
"Disasters of War", is a homage to Heroes and Villains from World War I & II, by the use of humorous and tongue-in-cheek language to explore the more serious issues of the past to the present day. Heroes and Villains are portrayed in life, death, and immortality by the use of toys of our innocent youth. The toys are used as a satirical look at the “Disasters of Wars” revealing shock and truths of war and violence in a playful way.
These works have been influenced by the Pop Art movement with simple outline drawings, infill textures, and comic text, with hidden messages, with playable word searches, such as the work by Michael Craig-Martin, Julian Opie, and Angela Bulloch, and he has been influenced by other art movements such as Cubism, Pablo Picasso, Dadaism, Marcel Duchamp, Neo-Plasticism, Piet Mondrian, Sensationalism Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, and Chapman Brothers.
Digital Prints are printed with 10 colour archival quality pigment inks on 300g Photorag Paper and come with a Certificate of Authenticity
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Nationality:
UNITED KINGDOM
- Date of birth : 1979
- Artistic domains:
- Groups: Contemporary British Artists
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