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The Art of Jason Fisher
Ever since I started working in an ad agency, I've become way more attuned to the vast amount of creative talent all around me. Every time I walk through the halls and pass offices or cubicles I realize now how that graphic artist also paints on the side, or that copywriter is in a band. It's rather amazing actually how many DJs, musicians, and artists there are in this company I work at.
One of these talented individuals is Jason Fisher. I originally met him on my first day at this company, both of us working in this tight aisle of an area for freelancers and new hires waiting for office/cubicle space. At first impression he just seemed like a young kid fresh out of college and working as a graphic designer. It wasn't known to me til years later just how much creative talent he had as a painter.
"Righty"
I recently checked out his gallery opening on West Belmont here in Chicago, and my first impression was that his art seemed very simply, a cartoonish homage to the Grand Theft Auto covers in some ways. Very colorful, material, and 1980s in my book. One would think his paintings are simply amateur on first impression, but when you see the actual inspiration and ideology behind them, all ideas of amateur are washed away and there is some real genius behind his work. His Artist Statement very much speaks on this.
Orson
Jason works with me in an ad agency, and thus all day every day he is surrounded with photography and imagery normally geared to have a company logo slapped on top of it with possibly a slogan or offer. Jason strips all that marketing garble away and paints the basic pose, lust, and emotion found in the imagery used in these ads. You see it in every piece he's done. Sometimes you'll think that's an image you saw on a jeans ad or an ad for hair products; other times you just get a feeling of a different time, era, and sense of style. That 1980s reference I felt especially in his piece "Orson".
Sofia
Some of the works, like Sofia up above, do give you that deep emotional reaction that Jason speaks of. You feel the sense of despair and sadness in her face and feel an emotional connection even, yet the shades of those ad-type photos comes out with the flow of her hair.
To see more of Jason Fisher's work and possibly purchase, you can visit his blog.
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posted by Alex Moschopoulos on Monday, October 13 2008 |
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