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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 facade for the
other, a mask, a response, to
create a circular narrative of
motion and stillness,
conversation and emotion. The
glazes present a range ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
SOLO & 2 PERSON SHOWS:
2011, 4/1–5/17 Jason
Messinger, Center On Halsted,
Chicago, IL
2010, 3/4-4/18
Symbols&Sympathies,
GoggleWorks Center Arts,
Reading,PA
2009, 5/7-6/6 The Travel
Blooms, Eyeporium Gallery,
Chicago, IL
2006, 11/3 - 24 Urban Legends,
August House, Chicago, IL
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Artist Galleries:
http://JasonMessingerArt.com
http://Crazy8Art.com
http://www.outsiderfolkart.com/
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Artist Reviews:
Jason Messinger: It's A Wild
Thing
- solo show catalog excerpt by
Chris Youngs,
Freedman Gallery, Albright
College, 2004
"Wassily Kandinsky is commonly
considered to be the first
artist to create purely
abstract work. This is, of
course, a Western notion,
ignoring the abstract patterns
traditionally found in
carpets, tiles ...
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Collections:
CORPORATE/PUBLIC
Chicago Public
Library:Austin-Irving,
Chicago, IL
Deloitte Chicago, IL
Lisle Hilton Hotel
Lisle, IL
Raddison Lexington Hotel
New York City , NY
Shriner's ChildrenŐs Hospital
Oak Park, IL
Sweet Street Desserts
Reading, PA
Tianjin Goldin Metropolitan
Hotel, Tianjin, China
Werner Design Assoc.
San Francisco, CA
RENOWN ...
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Commissions:
Select Commissions & Sales
2011 Seasons, Trier Design,
for Sarasota Florida Corp.
office
2011 Fields and Streams,
Trier Design, for Utah Corp.
office
2011 Asian Tour, Trier
Design, for Wisconsin
Corporate Office
2011 Sympathies, Trier
Design, for Wisconsin
Corporate office
2011 Novas IV, Soho Myriad
for Chicago Marriott, Ohare
2011 Birds ...
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