Artist Information:
Jason Messinger
Chicago, IL
United States
Member Since: Jun 2008
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Artist Statement:
Jason Messinger creates ceramic art that straddles the cool allure of pure abstraction and the hot recognition of representation. The artist approaches ceramic tile with a painter's concerns and a sculptor's experience. His multi-tile works are designed to be modular, allowing any configuration and sequence of the tiles. Mounting systems allows the owner to change the tiles, and thus reset the 'narratives'. Using a variety of techniques, the artist makes letters dance in and out of comprehension, re-imagines pragmatically designed utility poles into startling signifiers of organic beauty, turns clock-work gears into constructions of complexity, carves static clay into moving waves and ripples, and transforms simple circles into burning suns. His work pulls the viewer into square windows that look out onto his unique visions of the world.
Messinger's sculptures are solidly present, while expressly fluid. The work explores transformations, of motion made structural. The sculptures change appearance with the viewers' perspective. Each face of the work functions like movements of a dance, with unexpected turns. One side a façade for the other, a mask, a response, to create a circular narrative of motion and stillness, conversation and emotion. The glazes present a ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
SOLO & 2 PERSON SHOWS:
2006, 11/3 - 24 Urban Legends, August House, Chicago, IL
2006, 7/1-30 New Works by Jason Messinger, Roscoes, Chicago, IL
2005, 5/20 Between the Lines, Cornelia Arts, Chicago, IL
2005, 3/13-4/20 Symbologies, Cliff Dwellers, Chicago, IL
2004, 10/21 Open ...
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Commissions:
CORPORATE Tile Mural Commissions & Sales
2008 Novas II , Sweet Street Inc. - Reading, PA
2007 Nine Letterfields, Sweet Street Inc. - Reading, PA
2006 Alice, Chicago Public Library, Austin-Irving Branch
2006 Letterfied, Chicago Public Library, Austin-Irving Branch
2005 Wordscapes, Deloitte headquarters, Chicago, IL
2005 Cityscapes, Deloitte headquarters, Chicago, IL
2004 ...
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Jason Messinger's Free Artist Portfolio
| Welcome to Jason Messinger's Portfolio. Browse Messinger's body of work: Jason Messinger creates ceramic art that straddles the cool allure of pure abstraction and the hot recognition of representation. The artist approaches ceramic tile with a painter's concerns and a sculptor's experience. His multi-tile works are designed to be modular, allowing any configuration and sequence of the tiles. Mounting systems allows the owner to change the tiles, and thus reset the 'narratives'. Using a variety of techniques, the artist makes letters dance in and out of comprehension, re-imagines pragmatically designed utility poles into startling signifiers of organic beauty, turns clock-work gears into constructions of complexity, ... | |
Urabn Sentinels, 2008 Other Ceramics, 56 x 68 X 1.5 inches Price: US$ 21000 €: 16453 UK £: 14156 ¥en: 2055543
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Sky Rings, 2008 Other Ceramics, 44 x 44 X 1.5 inches Price: US$ 7200 €: 5641 UK £: 4853 ¥en: 704757
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SYMPATHIES, 2008 Other Ceramics, 108 x 60 X 1.5 inches Price: US$ 23000 €: 18020 UK £: 15504 ¥en: 2251309
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Spring Madrigal, 2008 Other Ceramics, 60 x 44 X 1.5 inches Price: US$ 9600 €: 7521 UK £: 6471 ¥en: 939676
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Fame, 2004 Handbuilt Ceramics, 24 x 20 X 11 inches Price: US$ 7900 €: 6189 UK £: 5325 ¥en: 773275
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