GHOST PAINTING: (CRACKED CATEGORY) 2016 Philippine election posters Kristoffer ArdeĂąa The cracked category of the Ghost Painting concept refers to the process in which several layers of paint are applied to the surface and allowed to crack, much like the walls on the streets of the tropics wherein humidity acts as a catalyst of this transformation irregardless of the visual rhetoric. This series of paintings makes use of 2016 Philippine national elections posters that were taken from the streets. paint is added on the surface and decorated with decorative geometric forms that serve as a ornamental elements that allow the viewer to peak through, but fail to fully grasp the original underlying images of the political posters.
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