Nick Kirk

Also known by the moniker Train, I am currently working on an extensive series blending the kitsch, ready made, manufactured, commercialized pop culture that we live in today, imagery from my childhood, as well as issues in morality, politics and religion. I enjoy creating art that almost seems to make a mockery of itself. Art imitating art and the juxtaposition of collage images that bring new meanings. I make work that imitates life; both current and past. My art isn’t saying what is right or wrong, or what should be allowed and what should be censored. My work is simply the dots on a page. Each viewer will connect them the way they want as to individual tastes and experiences. For me it’s about understanding my past in terms of society childhood innocence vs. the realizations I see as an adult.