Aaron Flint Jamison
14 Sep - 21 Oct 2012
© Aaron Flint Jamison
Beats 2012
Impression 3D, planche à découper en plastique, socle, moteur de boule disco, système électrique
99 x 33 x 33 cm
© photo Marc Domage courtesy Air de Paris, Paris
Beats 2012
Impression 3D, planche à découper en plastique, socle, moteur de boule disco, système électrique
99 x 33 x 33 cm
© photo Marc Domage courtesy Air de Paris, Paris
AARON FLINT JAMISON
14 September - 21 October 2012
Aaron Flint Jamison demonstrates that publishing can be intransitive –without an external purpose – without necessarily being self-reflexive. He does this not only with his splendid magazine Veneer, but also in his works, which in some cases include his books (A Floating Brand, 2012). Like his publications, his works reflect a high level of conceptual and formal mastery. At once artisanal (in their making) and technological (in their workings), they combine the aesthetic with the functional and the autonomous with the indicial. The descriptions are implicitly oxymoronic. While words might be missing, the same can also be said of chances to see his work. But we can confidently predict that this void will soon be filled.
Aaron Flint Jamison (b. 1979, lives and works in Portland, Oregon) has most recently exhibited at the Centre d’Edition Contemporaine in Geneva. In 2011 he had a solo show at castillo/corralès. His work has been seen at MoMA (Print Studio), Culturgest (Porto), Midway Contemporary Art (Minneapolis), Isabella Bortolozzi (Berlin) and the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern. Aaron Flint Jamison was the instigator of the artist-run centre Department of Safety (2002-2010, Anacortes, Washington State, USA) and co-founder of the YU art centre in Portland.
14 September - 21 October 2012
Aaron Flint Jamison demonstrates that publishing can be intransitive –without an external purpose – without necessarily being self-reflexive. He does this not only with his splendid magazine Veneer, but also in his works, which in some cases include his books (A Floating Brand, 2012). Like his publications, his works reflect a high level of conceptual and formal mastery. At once artisanal (in their making) and technological (in their workings), they combine the aesthetic with the functional and the autonomous with the indicial. The descriptions are implicitly oxymoronic. While words might be missing, the same can also be said of chances to see his work. But we can confidently predict that this void will soon be filled.
Aaron Flint Jamison (b. 1979, lives and works in Portland, Oregon) has most recently exhibited at the Centre d’Edition Contemporaine in Geneva. In 2011 he had a solo show at castillo/corralès. His work has been seen at MoMA (Print Studio), Culturgest (Porto), Midway Contemporary Art (Minneapolis), Isabella Bortolozzi (Berlin) and the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern. Aaron Flint Jamison was the instigator of the artist-run centre Department of Safety (2002-2010, Anacortes, Washington State, USA) and co-founder of the YU art centre in Portland.