Primitive Man
91” x 28” x 27”
Steel, enamel, automotive paint, spray paint
2010
2020 Visiting Artist
Constructed from welded steel and colored with bright automotive enamels, artist Mike Whiting’s playful sculpture draw from the forms and imagery of early video gaming and computer graphics. Recognizing the extreme spareness of forms inherent to the constraints of pixel-based technologies, Whiting states “video gaming and minimalism arrived at the same visual conclusion through different means and by opposite intentions.” Whiting likewise attempts to communicate as much visual information as possible with his essential forms that combine the reductive simplicity of the minimalist movement and the sensibility of pop art in re-contextualizing cultural icons.