Impacting the Future

Year: 2019-2020
Artist: Levi Keatts
University: Virginia Commonwealth Uni
Major: Art Foundation
Title: Impacting the Future
Tags: Asteroid
Genre/Medium: Acrylic Paint
Category: physical 2D
Current Location: SDH
Description: One of the primary objectives of NASA’s Psyche mission is to determine if 16-Psyche is an exposed core of an early protoplanet, or if it is comprised of unmelted materials. I was inspired to create a piece around this question. This is my artistic imagining of an early collision removing chondritic crust from the protoplanet and exposing Psyche’s melted nickel-iron core. This painting was done using acrylic paint on the front and backs of plexiglass sheets (topped with a glass sheet). The final image is made from seven total sheets. My hope was that the physical thickness of the transparent materials I painted on would add a sense of additional depth to the work.
Artwork Link: https://psyche.asu.edu/gallery/impacting-the-future/