Brand New Paint Job
Brand New Paint Job is a series of environments and objects found online in Google's 3D Warehouse that are modified by the artist through the process of texturing them with canonical masterpieces of painting. The absurd juxtaposition between the surfaces and their underlying structures is emphasized in the straightforward description of the titles, such as Malevich Ducati and Richter Electric Chair.
Rafman's "Brand New Paint Job" series consists of interiors, objects, and environments found online in Google's 3D Warehouse, appropriated, and modified by the artist through the process of texturing the entire scene with masterpieces from the historic cannon of painting. Rafman writes: "A conversation is going on between the surface and the underlying structure. In this way, the clash of the cultural weight of a high modernist paintings and a mass produced vehicle is not simply another example of the blurring of the distinction between high and low culture."