Morandi Passes Through Me 3.0, 2021 by Claudia Hart

Morandi Passes Through Me 3.0, 20212021

UV pigment on walnut panel, NFT registered .PNG file30 x 22.5 in / 76.2 x 57.2 cm

Claudia Hart’s Digital Combines reinterpret classical memento mori, traditionally a means of contemplating the passage of time and cultural decay. In a nod to Robert Rauschenberg, Hart appropriated the term he created for his version of expanded painting that combined sculptural and painted elements together in one work. In a parallel construction, Hart combines physical work with a digital simulation. She describes the conceptual underpinnings and evolution of the series as an assessment of our current moment, asserting a new version of authenticity: painting for the age of the computer. In what has been called a “flirtatious simulation of forgery,” Hart uses computer modeling to render copyright protected works by Modernist patriarchs—Picasso, Matisse, and Morandi—in a parallel symbolic space. Meticulously composed by hand, using custom software, and reinterpreted with her own attention to color, light, and surface, the works are dreamlike and disembodied, intermingling the physical world with an imaginary VR game space.

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Digital Combines

Claudia Hart, Morandi Passes Through Me 3.0, 2021