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The History of Spin Art

By: Wild Paint

Published on 30 Oct 2022, 08:21 am

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Since the 1960s spin art can be seen in the works of certain contemporary artists. The artists often have to build their own machines to achieve the speed they desire and accommodate large canvases. With the rise of the internet, it has taken on a performative element.

Damien Hirst

Damien Hirst first discovered spin paintings when he was nine years old. "Every time they're finished, I'm desperate to do another one," he once said of his spin paintings. For Hirst, the chaotic, circular movement of these works represent life itself, and the accessibility of the spin painting technique showed that anyone can be an artist. The late rock legend David Bowie famously came to Hirst's studio to collaborate on a spin painting in 1995.

Swarez

Swarez is a self-taught British artist using enamel paints to create large pieces of Spin Art using a custom-made rotating table capable of taking the weight of a human.



Callen Schaub

Callen Schaub is an artist based in Montreal, Canada. He is recognized for his vibrant paintings using trapezes, pendulums, and spinning machines. Schaub openly shares his painting process with viewers and inspires fans everywhere to participate in his "Fake Art" movement. He treats his process almost like a performative piece and has turned them into NFTs.

The three featured artists are accomplished - it takes thousands of hours of practice, tinkering and exploration to reach the level of control and skill that they have. Yet what they have in common is a punk, Rock & Roll attitude - the embracing of life’s uncertainties, and the unpredictability of giving up control to a spinning disc. Try it! You’ll fall in love with spin art at Wild Paint House.





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