Like a lot of people nowadays, Colorado artist is very invested in selfies. But Rick, who鈥檚 a painter, thinks about selfies differently than someone who just snaps a quick self-portrait with their phone.
Rick paints key moments in history and then paints a cell phone into the image. In one painting, a man takes a selfie in front of the Twin Towers on Sept. 11, 2001. In another, a man uses a selfie stick to capture the moment when John F. Kennedy was assassinated. And other paintings show iconic images, like Michelangelo鈥檚 sculpture David, reduced to a snapshot on a tiny cell phone screen.
Rick鈥檚 work is on display in a new show called 鈥淭hirst Traps.鈥� It鈥檚 on display in Denver at through July 19.
Rick Dallago joined In the NoCo鈥檚 Brad Turner to talk about the ideas behind his paintings.
