JOSHUA RAZ
b. 1993, London, England
Joshua Raz lives and works in London. His paintings acknowledge that reality is experiencing a period of atrophy. In neglecting to question artificial narrative, AI and our own increasingly artificial existence, the significance of reality is withering. We live vicariously through flat interfaces, and thus they are treated as the primary sources of
empirical
truth.
The
paintings
unpick the dependability of the twodimensional
image
with
spliced
landscapes and warped perspectives: His
latest
possible
work
symptoms
illuminates of
prioritizing
individualism over community. One’s individual identity and opinions have become the salient measures of worth. Perhaps this modern anthropological shift can be held accountable for some of wider society’s flaws: platforms that offer the illusion of community whilst only truly catering for the individual; the diminishing cultural presence of love; the antiquation of
JO SHUA R A Z
community; the commandments of the collectives that remain becoming fierce, unforgiving and polarising.
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