In the Fall of 2010, I put together a brief exhibition, called Is This Art?, of the current work for my Senior thesis project at the time. Since this was only the halfway through my Senior year, this was only a glimpse of direction of my work to be shown in my Spring 2011 gallery exhibition.
The concept behind this particular exhibition was showing how I've been influenced in the past few years by artists like the Dadaists, Marcel Duchamp, Jasper Johns, and Robert Rauschenberg. I show these influences by using similar techniques and styles learned from studying these artists. And the highlight piece to this exhibit, A Progression of Broken Chairs, shows the path that my work is going.
I Hate My Job. 2010. mask, wood.
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3 Open Containers (Smells Included). 2010. jars, clay.
Untitled. 2007. book, paint, tape, collageon sale: $10.00, email njjared@coe.edu to purchase
Tribute to Ceramics/Iburg Erased. 2010. wood, collage, plastic, spray paint, vase.
Iburg Erased. 2010. broken/reassembled vase
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Lantern. 2010. lantern, wax, string.
A Progression of Broken Chairs. 2010. collage/assemblage on broken chairs
A Progression of Broken Chairs was the main piece for my art show Is This Art? The story behind this project is definately interesting. The chairs were given to me, after they were broken during a student theatrical production at Coe College, after the production student director, Trevor Ketteman, allowed me to take his broken chairs. After his last show was finished, I quickly approched him, saying that I would like his broken chairs, and he reluctantly agreed. And so I cleaned up the chairs and moved them into my studio, which was conveniently next door to the theatre where this performance was being held. It was once I had them all in the studio, that I realized I wanted to fix the chairs, but not just in anyway, but to sort of create a metamorphasis. Starting with one who chair, each chair, I decided, was going to become more creative, more decorative, more...me. This was the first time in a while that I've felt this close to my art. And I think that this piece has really reflected itself upon me and I back at it. The piece itself is reflecting my life in past few years as an artist. From nothing to something, I guess. And being one of the last pieces to be created for my show, I can definately see the direction of my show to open in the Spring of 2011.
Fan. 2010. fan, newspaper.
Monitor. 2008. computer monitor tube.