Jonah Jacobs[1]
Jonah Jacobs is a Cleveland (USA) area artist who was born in Denmark, but has lived in the United States for most of his life. He graduated from Antioch College in Ohio and served in the army in South Korea in the 82 Airborne Division.
Jonah Jacobs.
His goal, as an artist, is to educate people about the aesthetic possibilities of recycled materials. To achieve this, he incorporates everyday household objects, found objects, and waste materials into his artwork. These materials are altered with paint, dyes, oils and other products. They are then combined into intricate and ornate pieces that resemble organic structures. By doing so, he hopes to introduce people to a new aesethic possibility, but also to highlight some of the fundamental processes involved in nature.
A wonderful explosion of shapes, structures and colors. The work is almost reminiscent of a coral reef, since it glistens within a watery like vista.
It is not his intention to create works of art that are exact representations of organic structures, rather his goal is to form unconventional materials into simple shapes such as a cone, a tube or a sphere, and then use these simple shapes in repeated patterns to form complex structures.
The repeated patterns give this complex structure a reef-like feel, although normal marine life is absent and so the act of engagement by an individual may conjure a different interpretation.
The questions that Jacobs seeks to answer are: what is the role of repetition in establishing order and beauty in an organic structure? What types of structures can be made using waste materials and what are the aesthetic and physical limitations of those materials? How much of a role does nature play versus the artist in the final composition of any given art piece?
The rich colors and varying shapes and fiberous materials conjure a new landscapes of sorts.
As with the image above, these elongated and indivdualized sweeping shapes give an onlooker the feeling of growth as well as life searching for the 'best' environment in order to survive.
Jacob's artwork grapples with aesthetic ideas and explores some of the fundamental principles of nature.
This fiberous work conjures a life form built on randomness.
The composition of found objects gives the engagement with the artwork a feeling of animated life.
The variation of a limited color theme and composition of the objects add interest to its conception.
The variation of color and texture and more importantly, the off centered dark colors surrounded by lighter hues in oranges, yellows and reds, focuses the act of egagement to the center of this artwork.
Reference:
[1] K. O'Meara, The Pattern Base, Thames & Hudson London (2015).
Jonah Jacobs is a Cleveland (USA) area artist who was born in Denmark, but has lived in the United States for most of his life. He graduated from Antioch College in Ohio and served in the army in South Korea in the 82 Airborne Division.
His goal, as an artist, is to educate people about the aesthetic possibilities of recycled materials. To achieve this, he incorporates everyday household objects, found objects, and waste materials into his artwork. These materials are altered with paint, dyes, oils and other products. They are then combined into intricate and ornate pieces that resemble organic structures. By doing so, he hopes to introduce people to a new aesethic possibility, but also to highlight some of the fundamental processes involved in nature.
It is not his intention to create works of art that are exact representations of organic structures, rather his goal is to form unconventional materials into simple shapes such as a cone, a tube or a sphere, and then use these simple shapes in repeated patterns to form complex structures.
The questions that Jacobs seeks to answer are: what is the role of repetition in establishing order and beauty in an organic structure? What types of structures can be made using waste materials and what are the aesthetic and physical limitations of those materials? How much of a role does nature play versus the artist in the final composition of any given art piece?
Jacob's artwork grapples with aesthetic ideas and explores some of the fundamental principles of nature.
Reference:
[1] K. O'Meara, The Pattern Base, Thames & Hudson London (2015).
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