Watch the artist’s self-portraits that he creates by sticking food items
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An artist from New York creates bizarre self-portraits by sticking food items and everyday objects to his face.
David Henry Nobody Jr. first started creating the bizarre self-portraits in 2014. So far, he has created around 700 self-portraits.
David said: “I have a history of working in character – much like a writer would write in character. I morph my identity into the things around me.”
“I’m definitely not afraid to be cheesy and enjoy using humour.”
The bizarre self-portraits show ice creams, toothbrushes, peanut butter, jelly sandwiches, plastic toys, and hamburger meat stuck to his face.
He collects these items from friends, local charity shops, Craigslist, and even from dumpsters.
David creates one shot a day on average and spends up to 24 hours on each work.
In an interview, David spoke about using food in his self-portraits.point 177 | He said: “I do use food pretty consistently in my Resemblagè portraits and performances.point 255 |
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“I like the deceptive visual appeal of junk food. It certainly does get quite a reaction on Instagram, it gets into irrational expression. I think it playfully confuses the observer, because it’s kind of flipping the script. It makes me look vulnerable as if you might want to eat me.”
David also creates viral videos that people love as much as they love his pictures.
Davide says he also receives negative responses from a lot of people. He said: “I get a lot of positive responses – some negative. I think for a lot of people, we live in a more cookie cutter reality, and this work shows young people they don’t have to follow that.”
Despite the negative feedback, David plans to continue creating bizarre self-portraits. He hopes to inspire people to be creative and think out of the box.
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