BlankSpace Publications
YART
YouTube Art Rendered Traditionally
WHat IS YART?
YART is a digital exhibition reifying the tension between digital and analogue worlds. In the spirit of analogue ways, YART is dedicated to creating traditional paintings, drawings, woodcuts, etc., of favourite YouTube videos, celebrities, scenes, sketches, etc. It was conceived as a COVID-19 pandemic project during the lockdown, when I was watching more YouTube than was healthy for a normal person. (But what is normal?)
My Self-Imposed Criteria:
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The videos/images must have originated on YouTube or were made/became popular on YouTube. This means that videos originating outside of YouTube are fair game, as long as they have a strong representation on YouTube or social media in general.
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The image/video can also be of a popular meme that is represented on YouTube or social media.
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I am avoiding any digital art created through Photoshop—remember, the point is to create TRADITIONAL artwork of digital culture—but I may use a digital image as a baseline to work from.
That’s it. Enjoy!
—Dr. Jeffrey Douglas
Gallery
Sit On You
Celebrity: Palmer Scott
Oil on Canvas - 20 x 24
By Dr. Jeffrey Douglas - December 2019
(I knew what was coming; all you had to do was watch overseas news)
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Bed Intruder Song
Celebrity: Antoine Dodson
Oil on Water Colour Paper - 10 x 12
By Dr. Jeffrey Douglas - March 2020
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Willy Bum Bum
Celebrity: ALIEN REd WOLf
Oil on Canvas - 26 x 30
By Dr. Jeffrey Douglas - December 2019 - January 2020
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"The Universe"
Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job!
Celebrity: Tim Heidecker
Oil on Canvas - 10 x 12
(painted in 20 minutes between shifts)
By Dr. Jeffrey Douglas - September 2020
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