James JACK:PHILOSOPHIES OF DIRT |
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Published: August 27 2012 |
This solo exhibition Philosophy of Dirt will be the global debut for artist James Jack’s natural soil pigment works on paper completed over the past seven years. The poet Brandon Shimoda writes, "His is a process of storytelling as critical engagement, with the artworks manifest as both living testimonial and decisive artifact. With Philosophies of Dirt, contingent sites become models of deep thought, exemplifying Jack's art as an act of generously unfolding witness and reclamation." This series is based on intimate relationships the artist has developed with fortysix sites ranging from one edge of the Pacific in Oregon to the other side of the Pacific in Hokkaido. In each of these sites Jack has engaged with local stories and developed James JACK Philosophies of Dirt Five 76 x 56 cm, Natural pigments on paper. 2012 relationships with the environment utilizing a place-specific approach borrowing a sample of the land. Standing in sites such as just outside the Pearl Harbor memorial on O‘ahu, Jack is deeply affected by paradoxes in the cultural, social, political, personal and geographic history of each site. Nature is often assumed to refer to the natural environment limited to trees, mountains and soil. But Asian-American Art Center in New York City director Robert Lee states, “James Jack is the other side of the coin, not an Asian American but an American Asian story. This can be said to be an American trend of thought for whom Nature is a friend, deeply mysterious yet intimate, without impulse to exploit, conquer or fear." Pondering the indirect surroundings for the work, such as where the artwork comes from and where it goes can initiate the process of linking artworks to a wider environment. Jack states, “I make new artworks that emerge from this gap composed of conflicting social histories, ecological trauma, rich stories and other indirect factors.” Furthermore the artist has found methods of relating to this contingent site that do not express, but actually contain these deep relationships to the environment. [作家プロフィール] Opening Reception:Saturday, September 29th 17~19:00 全文提供:SATOSHI KOYAMA GALLERY 会期:September 29- October 27, 2012 時間:13:00 - 18:00 休日:closed on Mon/Tues/Sun/National Holidays 会場:SATOSHI KOYAMA GALLERY |
Last Updated on September 29 2012 |