Opened 1 min ago examines sexting navigated through ephemeral communication technology and evaluates the act of subverting private sexual transmissions rendering private transmissions public through photorealistic oil painting. 

The artist employs this laborious method of painting to contrast the temporal nature of this online discourse. Playing with the notion of the visceral through the addition of lube, dripped over the collaged images.

McCleary focus on themes of risk, privacy and consent by relaying the conventions of sexting within artworks, keeping the identity of the sexters anonymous by excluding their face or any key identifiers from the image.

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