Circle by Jonpaul Smith
One of a kind piece, 8' x 8' in size.
About Jonpaul Smith's work:
He considers his process to be one of gathering and disseminating information, rooted in the paper scraps and ephemera of our consumer culture. As he creates and gathers this material/information he begins combining this seemingly unrelated material into an almost assemblage like form. Once one of these assemblages is created he begins another in response to the first. He tries to create a conversation between the two assemblages; whether this is through imagery or solely based in aesthetic color choices. After the two assemblages exist, he hand cuts them with a razor blade and straightedge into strips. These strips are kept organized and then the two separate images/collages are woven together creating the final work. A complex, tapestry-like construct, made up of hundreds of interwoven strips of discarded consumer packaging, original traditional and non-traditional prints, gouache paintings, smoke transfers and other paper ephemera. Which similarly make use of (and, in a sense, refine) pop culture imagery.
Check out his current work here
www.jonpaulcsmith.com
