I think Goldstein’s work is extremely relevant to
Baudrillard and post-modern art. Because he’s really making us
re-think our perceptions of certain media tropes and imagery in the media in
general, I see how he’s acting as the ‘vehicle’ for society to
recognize the detrimental effects of our imagery consumption.
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More over, I see
how Goldstein kind of went through this phase of deconstructing our
perceptions of imagery to reveal something that goes beyond
the trials and tribulations of humanity.
The Jump, 1978.
I feel that he was really trying
to transcend the real, in a way that was beyond Baudrillard’s warnings.
Personally, I found Goldstein’s work to be inspiring, because there are
definitely some visual parallels between my work and his, with his light beams and
particle explosions.
I think it would have been really interesting to see how
Goldstein would have existed today, because it seems that he could have gone in
the direction of computer graphics, vision, visualization, and contributed
something along those lines, with his interest in something greater than
humanity. However, because his work simulated digital effects instead of using
digital tools with his paintings, maybe that would’ve been a loss of artistic
value for him.
