Nick Gentry

Nick Gentry is a British artists from London. His art is influenced by the development of consumerism, technology, identity and cyber culture in society. Gentry is known for his floppy disc paintings which is pretty self explanatory. he paints on floppy discs and produces spectacular portraits. What attracts me to this artist is the fact he uses personal projects and recycled media, in other words old school media such as floppy discs, newspapers, cassette tapes and records. I came across this artist on pinterest and was instantly amazed at his work - the fact the something so simple such as a floppy disc can bring a piece to life and add that 3d element to it. My final piece is based on Gentry's work. Unlike him i didn't directly paint on my discs as I am not as brave as Gentry but I still took inspiration from him. What makes him different from the other artist i have studied and are inspired by is he uses recycling media and brings something's different to the table. He successfully brings that old school media to the modern day and it doesn't look dated one bit. Almost give the portraits paintings a kind of robotic and futuristic feeling. This maybe all down all the colours and tones he uses as an artist.