Gum Paintings by Jason Kronenwald

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Used chewing gum, not thrown into the trash can, presents a lot of problems: you can sit on it, step on it, stick on it … This is the opinion of most people, but not the artist Jason Kronenwald. This person manages to turn the chewed lumps into pictures - and those that not everyone can paint with colors!

Believe it or not, Jason Kronenwald's paintings are actually 100% used chewing gum pasted onto sheets of plywood. The artist does not use paint at all: he either takes multi-colored chewing gum, or achieves the desired shade by mixing several chewing gum … in his mouth! An interesting fact is that the author himself tries not to chew gum unnecessarily - for this he has a whole team of dedicated assistants. True, Jason Kronenwald admits that sometimes he is disgusted to pick up a gum that has been in someone's mouth - at such moments, as a true artist, he tries to focus on his work, not the material.

Jason Kronenwald has been creating his extraordinary paintings since 1996. He does not use any special tools: he does everything with his hands and only sometimes resorts to using a knife. The works of the author make up the "Gum Blondes" series and consist of portraits of famous women. Here you can see portraits of Paris Hilton, Princess Diana, Hillary Clinton, Avril Lavigne, Britney Spears and other celebrities, and not necessarily blondes. In fact, the title of the series has a deeper meaning than just an indication of the material of the paintings or the color of the heroines' hair: “These portraits show that we treat celebrities like sweets,” explains the author. "They are extremely attractive to us, and our appetite for them, that is, the desire to know all the news is constantly growing."

The artist lives and works in Toronto (Canada). "Some people think of chewing gum as rubbish," says Jason Kronenwald, "but in my opinion, its real life is just beginning."