Today we’d like to introduce you to Kyle Doppler.
Every artist has a unique story. Can you briefly walk us through yours?
Well, I was born and raised in LA near Venice Beach and spent most of my time alone growing up. Like most kids, I drew to kill time, but unlike most, I kept drawing and got good. During the teenage angst years, it became an escape from everything. It felt good to run away inside my mind and hide. It still does. I kept it up all throughout high school and decided to study art and become an illustrator since I wasn’t any good at much else. I got accepted to Otis and graduated. Then I struggled for several years after trying to find Illustration work. Now I’m a Theme Artist ( I paint props for theme parks like Disneyland, Universal Studios, etc.) but I still paint for myself in my free time and leave statues around the world for people to find.
Please tell us about your art.
Painting or creating to me is like being so drunk you have to vomit: you fill yourself up with all these ideas until you get sick and you feel terrible, so you vomit, and while you”re vomiting you still feel terrible until you’re done and empty, and all the ideas are on paper or canvas, then you feel better a lot better, so you go in for more. I try to make art that sends a satirical message about the world we live in, as cliché as that sounds. The statues I make are a representation of peoples over idolization of the media. People follow any trend thats going around and swallow up any information given to them without questioning any of it. I wish my art could change that for at least one person. People don’t really need to know anything about my art but I do hope that by seeing one of my paintings or finding one of my statues it will prompt someone to research curious taboo topics or various patents and executive orders the U.S. government has and actively uses like US Patent 6506148 B2 or the 175 patents they have related to Geo-Engineering or what the Federal Reserve actually is. I want to invoke a process of relearning what people thought they knew when they look at my work.
What do you think about the conditions for artists today? Has life become easier or harder for artists in recent years? What can cities like ours do to encourage and help art and artists thrive?
The conditions are always changing, and only the strongest will adapt and survive. I think life has become easier for artists; they don’t need any imagination or originality anymore. It is easier to sell a painting of a superhero or abstract art than it is to sell an original idea. I believe that if people are encouraged to become artists and artists are encouraged to create then they will just create bad art. If artists doesn’t have the raw courage and fire to create on their own and relies on the accolades of others, then you can float them down the river with the turds.
How or where can people see your work? How can people support your work?
I’m not ready to be famous, so I haven’t pimped myself out just yet, but I do post my work and where I hide my “Media Idol” statues on Instagram. I also sell the statues for $20, but I think the best way to support what I’m trying to accomplish is to start researching instead of actively dismissing things that sound too weird to be true as crazy conspiracy theories.
Contact Info:
- Website: kdoppler.com
- Email: kdoppler310@gmail.com
- Instagram: @kdoppler
Image Credit:
Tatjana Duke
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