Ghostbusters Screenprint – Mondo 2020

Robert Sammelin's Ghostbusters screenprint—made for Mondo—is a mashup of dynamic energy, just like the film itself. You can almost smell the ectoplasm. Just kidding! But I imagine the artist really wrestling with this composition, layering those colors to create a sense of depth. Look at the pinks and blues, they're electric, right? The textures and colors vibrate with the promise of supernatural activity. I mean, that marshmallow man is so cute, but he's also kind of menacing. The line work here is also super interesting, so clean and graphic, but then it dissolves into these painterly washes of color. It's a conversation between the slickness of pop art and the handmade feel of painting. In his wider practice, Sammelin often works with a limited color palette to create striking and memorable images that burn into your brain. All artists are magpies, stealing from each other, building on what came before. And that’s what makes art so alive. It embraces uncertainty, letting it be ambiguous, and open to multiple interpretations.