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Fantastic new collages from Jacob Whibley. See them in person at Wyatt Art Studios, Rochester NY Feb 4 - Mar 2, 2012.
Voight Kampff Magazine speaks to Toronto based artist, Jacob Robert Whibley about his work and upcoming exhibition.
Name: Jacob Robert Whibley
Current City: I currently live in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Occupation: I work for a local theatre company as a graphic designer and I occasionally do some freelance work, but most of my time is spent in my studio working on collages and sculptures.
What would you say are the main influences on your work or style? Where do you draw inspiration?
I pull from history, especially from the early half of the 20th century and the cultural vitality that was present between the first and second world war. There is a huge amount of inspiration contained within the ephemera that i use. I’m drawn to the way each pieces has been folded and handled, ripped and crumpled, stored and discarded - each piece is imbued with its own sense of experience and information.
What do you aim to create with your work?
The general pursuit right now is to create non-objective works that bring together historical forms with temporally specific materials. The pieces can be read as fragmented topographical or structural moments.
Preferred method of production and materials?
My effort encompasses an open-ended mode of exploring composition, form, colour, materials, histories and is motivated by a reactionary process. I prefer to work on several collages at once, allowing elements to be exchanged between all of them - including those from the past since i keep and use all of my off-cuts from previous works. There is a great sense of genealogy between all of the works.
Other works such as the cubes are constructed out of bass wood as a complete form and then cut away to reveal the planes that will support the collages. (link to cube→)
On the production side of things, I prefer to use paper ephemera from the late 1800s up to the 1970s and I mainly use a utility knife, ruler, tweezers and archival glue.
Favourite music to design/work with?
There really isn’t a specific music that i listen to while working, but i do find myself gravitating towards more post-punk, minimal-wave, synth-wave and cold-wave sounds. While i was working on my current show i found myself listening a lot to Nagamatzu, The Mekons and a contemporary local band called Kontravoid.
Tell us about your upcoming show in February
My show is opening on February 4th at Wyatt Art Studios (87 North Main Street, Rochester NH) It’s closing date is March 2nd. It will be the final show in that space before they move the gallery to the Rochester Museum of Fine Art (www.rochestermfa.org). I’ll be featuring around 12-15 new panel works, most of which are a continuation of my diagram series.
Interview by Molly Barron
Underwater Ink Photographs by Mark Mawson
Aqueous Fluoreau is the latest of Photographer Mark Mawson’s Aqueousseries. It is inspired by the vibrant colours that brighten up everyday life.
source. Inspir3d
Team Macho’s new AGO installation AXIS MUNDI in progress. as four fully functioning studios, the installation draws on ideas related to the history of artists working in collaboration with one another, referencing the practices of General Idea, Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven among others.
Running from Jan 24 - April 20th at the AGO.
Zadok Ben David created this incredible installation using 12,000 cut steel botanical specimens modeled from old textbook illustrations, each embedded in a thin layer of sand. On first encountering the sprawling array of plants they appear completely black, thus the installation’s title: Blackfield. However when viewed from the opposite side, a field of black turns into a wall of color.
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The Torontoland Giant Snowmen project raised $50,000 for kids to have a better XMas! A huge thank you to all the artists who gave their time and creativity to help the Starlight Childrens Foundation - Tara McPherson, Nathan Jurevicius, Alex McLeod, Team Macho, TADO, Ben&Julia, Mark Gervais, Melinda Josie, Travis Lampe, Noel Middleton, APAK, Rilla Alexander, Jon Todd, Patrick Kyle and Ginette Lapalme. Watch as we light up the CN Tower!
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