JMR AT MIGHTY TANAKA

Posted on 16. Jul, 2009 by alfotos in THE ART HEADS SPEAK OUT

JMR is a brooklyn native that is inspired by the flux of the city: memories and photographs of painted elevated trains, illuminated windows in nocturnal cityscapes, broken glass shimmering in dull sidewalks, and the panoply of cultural pluralism, increasing by the day, even in a city already as diverse as New York.

HIS PROCESS ON HIS OWN WORDS

The process I use in my work is an attempt to mimic this. I collage the initial surface or leave it clean, and then paint projected drawings over it.  This layering technique results in an interplay of tangled, swooping, and jutting lines, which coalesce into unexpected shapes, emerging as vivid fields of color. Ultimately these images are informed by urban iconography, but they also contain a more personal narrative.  Much time is spent filling pages with autonomous ink drawings, rendered and defined, before projection. The viewer is presented with a dichotomy, as, despite its condensed and chaotic appearance, the work strikes the eye as both simple and open. The projections abstract the original surface image; the process creates a nocturnal environment, leading me beyond the physicality of the urban landscape.

MIGHTY TANAKA PRESENTS
Alexandra Pacula & JMR
Opening July 17
6PM-10PM
Dapper Dan’s Imperial Gallery
139 West 14th St between 6th and 7th Ave. Manhattan
Runs July 17 – July 13