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2025
6 × 4 in.
Watercolor and Ink on Paper
Two baseball bats are presented like the newest product everyone needs to own. Branded as “Powersticks” and advertised as “The Number 1 Problem Solver,” the piece turns one of humanity’s simplest objects into an absurd solution for everything.
The joke comes from how confidently the product is advertised. There are no instructions, features, or explanation of what problem a Powerstick is actually supposed to solve. Apparently, you just need a stick.
At the same time, the painting plays with the idea that people are constantly looking for simple answers to complicated problems. We invent new products, systems, and technologies promising to make life easier, while sometimes our solutions are barely more sophisticated than what humans have been doing forever: find a big stick and hit the problem with it.
POWERSTICKS! is intentionally ridiculous, but that is also what makes the advertisement strangely believable. Package something ordinary correctly, give it a powerful name, call it #1, and suddenly something as basic as a wooden bat can become the solution you never knew you needed.
2025
6 × 4 in.
Watercolor and Ink on Paper
Two baseball bats are presented like the newest product everyone needs to own. Branded as “Powersticks” and advertised as “The Number 1 Problem Solver,” the piece turns one of humanity’s simplest objects into an absurd solution for everything.
The joke comes from how confidently the product is advertised. There are no instructions, features, or explanation of what problem a Powerstick is actually supposed to solve. Apparently, you just need a stick.
At the same time, the painting plays with the idea that people are constantly looking for simple answers to complicated problems. We invent new products, systems, and technologies promising to make life easier, while sometimes our solutions are barely more sophisticated than what humans have been doing forever: find a big stick and hit the problem with it.
POWERSTICKS! is intentionally ridiculous, but that is also what makes the advertisement strangely believable. Package something ordinary correctly, give it a powerful name, call it #1, and suddenly something as basic as a wooden bat can become the solution you never knew you needed.