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Artist: Brett Nickell (OH)
Sales for this work are handled by Pulp Stiction. Payment is made through this page.
Year: 2025 | Medium: Collage, acrylic, graphite, markers | Dimensions: 24 x 36 x 0.75 inches | Display: Wall-hung (2D)
Artist Statement
We live in the so called information age. While we have ever more knowledge, facts, and explanations available at all times, we are yet none-the-wiser for it all. The facts do not add up to truth and truth does not make the news. All that information is ultimately a blinding snow storm that confuses more than it enlightens - a new pollution. The purpose of my current series of works is to up-cycle information pollution into art. To convert the profane back into the sacred. To accomplish this I use everything from weather beaten advertisements and magazine articles to shopping lists and homework assignments I find dropped by the sidewalk. The detritus of information to be consumed and discarded tells the story of our journey through the reverberating train wreck of a civilization in transition.
About the Artist
Walk. Talk. Draw. Creating art in some form has been my life-long calling. I believe that artists function as modern-day shamans, reflecting society's deepest truths back to it. By fearlessly exploring their unconscious mind, artists bring to light the universal truths of the human condition, fostering a deeper understanding of our collective selves.
www.artmajeur.com/brett-nickell
Pulp Stiction: Collage as an Act of Resistance. Hopkins Hall Gallery, OSU, Oct 26 to Dec 11, 2026.
Artist: Brett Nickell (OH)
Sales for this work are handled by Pulp Stiction. Payment is made through this page.
Year: 2025 | Medium: Collage, acrylic, graphite, markers | Dimensions: 24 x 36 x 0.75 inches | Display: Wall-hung (2D)
Artist Statement
We live in the so called information age. While we have ever more knowledge, facts, and explanations available at all times, we are yet none-the-wiser for it all. The facts do not add up to truth and truth does not make the news. All that information is ultimately a blinding snow storm that confuses more than it enlightens - a new pollution. The purpose of my current series of works is to up-cycle information pollution into art. To convert the profane back into the sacred. To accomplish this I use everything from weather beaten advertisements and magazine articles to shopping lists and homework assignments I find dropped by the sidewalk. The detritus of information to be consumed and discarded tells the story of our journey through the reverberating train wreck of a civilization in transition.
About the Artist
Walk. Talk. Draw. Creating art in some form has been my life-long calling. I believe that artists function as modern-day shamans, reflecting society's deepest truths back to it. By fearlessly exploring their unconscious mind, artists bring to light the universal truths of the human condition, fostering a deeper understanding of our collective selves.
www.artmajeur.com/brett-nickell
Pulp Stiction: Collage as an Act of Resistance. Hopkins Hall Gallery, OSU, Oct 26 to Dec 11, 2026.