Colin C. Jorgensen “10(S)ubjects”
Castle Fitzjohns Gallery
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The 10 large paintings burst to life in bright, saturated colors, executed in the distinctively graphic thick line art style for which Cojo is known. The 10 subjects are: (S)ea, (S)ocialite, (S)traphanger, (S)pace, (S)torytime, (S)ex, (S)uperhero, (S)ports, (S)in and (S)lumberland.
Each painting focuses on a subject of a child’s active imagination, inviting us to rediscover our creative selves by invoking the fantastical worlds we invented in our uncorrupted youthful minds. The series celebrates the magic of daydreams and inspired flights of fancy, in spite of or in direct rebellion to the oppressive factory model institutions withconfining curriculum that sought to quash our wonderment and force us to color inside their predetermined lines.
The reference drawings for these paintings were created in Jorgensen’s groundbreaking 2005-2006 sketch-a-day new media duration experiment titled Sketch365. Part online performance art, part a test of will, Sketch365 was a year-long conceptual art project inspired by the duration works of Tehching Hsieh, beginning and ending on Cojo’s 28th and 29th birthdays respectively.
A celebration of creativity in the face of his own mortality, Cojo wanted to create a monumental artistic project celebrating the ten subjects of creative escape from childhood into adulthood in pencil on paper, with the thought that eventually one day the three hundred and sixty five works would be parsed down into their ten subjects. All the small details from the singular sheets of paper would be collaged and resculpted into ten large creative worlds on canvas. These paintings tie together the subjects and present them with the magnitude and visual impact they were intended to convey. Nine long years later, the time has finally arrived.
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Schedule
from September 25, 2014 to October 23, 2014
Opening Reception on 2014-09-25 from 19:00 to 22:00