Craigslist Still Life no.3

The American artist based in Detroit is mainly known for an ongoing series of sketchbooks and photos documenting his travels within the United States. The original painting of this edition takes part in a series based on images of things Pat Perry saw for sale online. As he explains, “Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace are websites meant to serve a strictly practical purpose, but they are also repositories for strangeness. This series of paintings, based on images appropriated from these websites, muses on how real life is refracted when strangers use their phone cameras and social media accounts to sell things to each other online.”