About the artwork
Patrick Rubinstein’s works revisit the colourful Pop universe of the 60s, while simultaneously demonstrating the anarchic element of 80s street art. This captivating piece depicts a panda that appears to be rendered in a monochromatic colour palette, yet upon moving, transforms into an explosion of vibrant psychedelic colours and forms.Through an innovative process, Rubinstein’s art has a striking effect in which the viewers become the animator vis-à-vis the unprecedented dynamics of his work, that draw us into a captivating visual experience, and surprises us with every viewing.
About the artist
Patrick Rubinstein draws his themes from both the past and the present and is inspired by Optical Art and Kinetic Art, genres that play with our perceptions through art. His works often feature the major icons and celebrities of the second half of the twentieth century and feature an innovative technique, which allows visual variations when the spectator moves around the work while maintaining defined sight of the central image. The result of this is captivating, giving the artworks an animated and perpetually renewed nature. Rubinstein’s art has a striking effect when observed: the image, fixed at first, comes to life according to the movements of the viewer. We become the animator vis-à-vis the unprecedented dynamics of his work, that draw us into a captivating visual experience, and surprises us with every viewing.