If you have a thing for the world of surreal art and more importantly a love for mashup art series, you'll love this bizarrely attractive project that fuses the natural world with consumer society and culture.
The 'Nature Preserve' series by photographer and illustrator Jason DeMarte will both confuse and delight you with its creative and distinct style. The exploratory mashup art series meshes two things that should never mix together: the natural world and contemporary consumer society. The photographer creates his art pieces by digitally combining images of surreal and artificial flora and fauna landscapes with pop culture products like Cheetos, donuts and plucked overpriced flowery bouquets.
The bizarre series sends a message of how society has become so obsessed with unnatural products and DeMarte believes it "speaks metaphorically and symbolically of our mental separation from what is ‘real’ and compares this with the consumer world we surround ourselves with as a consequence."
Consumer Culture Artwork
This Mashup Art Series Portrays Our Obsession with Pop Culture Products
Trend Themes
1. Surreal Mashup Series - There's an opportunity to create new and imaginative art that combines disparate elements to comment on modern culture and society.
2. Mixed Reality Art - This trend shows that mixing elements of reality and fantasy can create a powerful message that resonates with people and disrupts the status quo.
3. Critiquing Consumerism - This trend highlights the opportunity for artists to create work that shines a light on the excessive consumption and obsession with material goods that characterizes modern society.
Industry Implications
1. Art & Design - The art industry can use this trend to address themes of consumerism and consumer culture and to communicate important ideas and critiques.
2. Marketing & Advertising - This trend shows that marketing and advertising can be more effective if it speaks to the audience's lived experiences and their relationship to consumer culture.
3. Sustainability - This trend points to the need to address the environmental impact of consumerism and to create more sustainable products and practices across industries and sectors.