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Arlo Sinclair, Duck Hunt (NES Cartridge), 2025

Arlo Sinclair

Duck Hunt (NES Cartridge), 2025
Oil on canvas
Signed on verso + COA
1/1 Unique
Unframed: 90 cm (W) x 100cm (H)
Framed: 100cm (W) x 110cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Series: Painting
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In Duck Hunt (NES Cartridge), Arlo Sinclair turns his satirical attention to one of Nintendo’s earliest cultural touchstones, reimagining the iconic Duck Hunt cartridge as both nostalgic relic and sharp...
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In Duck Hunt (NES Cartridge), Arlo Sinclair turns his satirical attention to one of Nintendo’s earliest cultural touchstones, reimagining the iconic Duck Hunt cartridge as both nostalgic relic and sharp commentary on gaming’s legacy of violence and spectacle. Executed in Sinclair’s signature hyperrealism, the familiar grey NES cartridge becomes a stage for parody, where the playful innocence of 8-bit shooting ducks with a plastic light gun is reframed through the lens of cultural critique.

By elevating a mass-produced cartridge to the realm of fine art, Sinclair highlights how even the simplest games encode deeper cultural narratives—about competition, control, and the normalization of simulated violence. The cartridge, once a portal to hours of childhood entertainment, is presented here as a fossilized object, stripped of its functionality but charged with layered meaning. Its scuffs, textures, and label details are painstakingly rendered, emphasizing Sinclair’s fascination with the materiality of obsolescence and the endurance of cultural memory.

As with the other works in his 2025 series, irony and nostalgia intertwine. Duck Hunt (NES Cartridge) is not merely a loving nod to retro gaming but also a sly meditation on the absurdity of how technology, play, and violence intersect. By isolating the cartridge against a stark white background, Sinclair transforms it into both icon and critique, inviting viewers to reconsider what these “games” represent in hindsight.

Rooted in the lineage of Pop Art and Urban Contemporary practice, the work echoes Andy Warhol’s elevation of consumer culture and Banksy’s subversive humor. Sinclair’s reimagined Duck Hunt becomes more than a cartridge—it becomes a cultural fossil, a satirical monument to the playful yet problematic legacies of gaming history.

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