Tom Richard
Bubble Gum on Art: Death, 2021 - 2022
The Bubble Gum on Art Series consists of small paintings depicting bubble gum painted over images that were removed from old editions of art history textbooks, which depict those artworks in black and white.
The painted bubble gum masks a prominent part of the composition (which could be the primary focal point, but in some cases, is the secondary or tertiary) to hint at a transformation—from black & white to color, appropriation to original, high to low, masking to potential, and serious to whimsy.
They are arranged, or grouped, according to bubble gum coverings that are “alike” or are similar.
Bubble Gum on Tintoretto (death) acrylic and ink on paper, 15” x 12”, 2022
Bubble Gum on Rubens (death) acrylic and ink on paper, 15” x 12”, 2022
Bubble Gum on Poussin (death) acrylic and ink on paper, 15” x 12”, 2022
Bubble Gum on Goya (death) acrylic and ink on paper, 15” x 12”, 2022
Bubble Gum on Girodet (death) acrylic and ink on paper, 15” x 12”, 2022
Bubble Gum on El Greco (death) acrylic and ink on paper, 15” x 12”, 2022
Bubble Gum on de Zurbaran (death) acrylic and ink on paper, 15” x 12”, 2022
Bubble Gum on de Ribera (death) acrylic and ink on paper, 15” x 12”, 2022
Bubble Gum on Caravaggio (death) acrylic and ink on paper, 15” x 12”, 2022
Bubble Gum on David 1 (death) acrylic and ink on paper, 15” x 12”, 2022
Bubble Gum on Delacroix 1 (death) acrylic and ink on paper, 15” x 12”, 2022
Bubble Gum on David 2 (death) acrylic and ink on paper, 15” x 12”, 2022