Fixated on James Ettelson

by Annie Kilburn

James Ettelson's new series of large-scale acrylic works extend the artist's ongoing interrogation of contemporary culture, specifically looking at the ways in which we’re becoming increasingly ‘fixated’ on technology. He reacts to an age wherein the upsurge of social media has lead to a widespread voyeurism, as symptomised by virtual communities like Instagram, Tinder and Facebook. Take an insight into the world that is his own filmed by Terence Connors...

JAMES ETTELSON from Terence Connors on Vimeo.