Ryan Hoover

 

This series of paintings reflects on Late-Modernist principles and the people and technologies that brought these ideas into our lives. These paintings are created by a combination of human, digital, and mechanical processes. The images are constructed by various subtractive and additive methods. In some cases, the image is created using computer software and custom scripts written by the artist in PHP, then etched into painted panels using a laser-cutter. The etched areas are filled with paint of another color and the surface is laborously smoothed with razor blades and sand paper. This process yields a detailed image with distinct readings at the micro and macro levels.