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Richard
Shelton
23rd Century Paintings
"On April 6th, 1986, a catastrophic nuclear accident occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant in Ukraine. This series...was created in response to that accident. The ideas was to imagine a future for the human race once the world had been irrevocably altered by a catastrophic nuclear disaster. I envisioned fragmentary heads transformed into machines that monitored and maintained the new world they were forced to live within."
Rest Platform, 1987
gold leaf, oil, tar on masonite, 23" x 34"
Observation Base, 1986
gold leaf, oil, tar on masonite, 33" x 20"
Prototype Launch Vehicle, 1986
gold leaf, oil, tar on panel, 24" x 36"
Rest Platform, 1987
gold leaf, oil, tar on masonite, 23" x 34"
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