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<\/a>\nfirst year Yale grad student\/sculpture .. JERRY BLACKMAN.
\nI’ve been following Jerry’s work for quite a few years now. he is a native New Yorker, who went to LaGuardia High School, yes fame .. and Cooper Union. when his work started popping up in group exhibits, most notably a GAVIN BROWN summer survey a few years back .. I was on it, with no doubt – as to his potential.<\/p>\n
but it also speaks .. to an interesting facet of Jerry’s work, that I always found compelling, and that is how .. even when his work references the real world, that is, it is OBJECTIVE \/ figurative .. it attains the abstract plane. not an easy feat. and the result is: a great, almost musical, theoretical tension .. runs through the work, making your brain do a nice .. visual double take.<\/a>
\nthe sculpture students really have it made. their building is brand new, they all have huge studios to work in, 4 times the size of the grad painting studios !! with huge windows looking onto to a shallow border of large trees. and a lot of sunlight. you can really step back .. and look at your work.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nthis looks to be the sister piece – to that ‘telephone’ piece highlighted in the recent 109 Gallery invite. it’s made of clay, with a matte matte black glaze\/finish. it speaks to cultural stresses, and presents .. a medley of metaphor – that knows no bounds.
\nit is the exact OPPOSITE of an IED\/pressure cooker. <\/p>\n
\nthe comes across as very straightforward, but in this aspect . . well, it’s very TRIPPY.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nthis piece is a nice upgrade to the mosaic-like mirrored wall pieces he has been showing around town, for the past few years. I like it much better than the few examples I saw in the past.
\nso I guess that answers: grow grow grow.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nthe small blue ball, is a nice feature. the open, negative space it lives in .. dances against the mosaic surface, asking .. all the right questions.
\nalso really dig the color scheme and color choices, I mean REALLY. everybody is just so sick of bold color-block – esp as it’s all over the fashion scene right now. if the people on the subway are wearing it, and it’s splashed all over your TV 24\/7 !! who wants to see it .. in your hi-end one-of-a-kind sculpture ?
\nthat (perfecto) pink line – is just like a river running through .. me.
\nit’s the shade of lipstick . . that makes you do a double-take.
\nI guess I should be saying .. the work is sensual vs. just purely materials & composition – oriented. <\/p>\n