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The Arts
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Jesser saves life of painting
 “Echolalia” by Frederick Jesser is on display at Pei Ling Chan Gallery, 322 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. By Hannah Pittard Published: Friday, August 15, 2003 Having come to the realization that painting might one day lose its place in the history of a world turned increasingly toward the scientific and technological, alumnus Frederick Jesser (M.F.A. painting, 2002) has fashioned a series of work that seeks to keep painting animate by meticulously working through the creation process. “I worry about where we are now in art history,” said Jesser. “Where does painting fit in? Can an act of creating, like painting, lose its place in history? Is it passing away quickly before our eyes? Or is it simply dying a slow death? Perhaps, painting is actually progressing. It is mutating and morphing, assimilating with time as it changes.” According to Jesser, who also is an exhibition designer in the galleries department, the theme of his exhibition, “… stranger than fiction,” preceded the act of its creation. “I never really sketch work out ahead of time but rather have the finished product in my head,” he said. “The ideas are extensions of themes that I have been working with for a bit over a year. Most of the ideas come with questions that I had raised for myself during my thesis project, which manifested itself in November of last year.” Jesser said his creation process is similar to that of an author: “…not necessarily that the work is continually narrative, just that there is a set of ideas and I have to figure out the smartest way to get my concepts across.” Just as an author’s work might focus on a particular topic, Jesser’s does as well. “There is this central theme, possibly the death of painting or in this case ‘cheating’ the death of painting, and then there exist all these sub-themes or support themes.” Jesser, who claims to have cheated death several times himself, now wants to cheat the death of painting. “Painting has been declared dead numerous times throughout the history of art,” said the artist. “To name two: There was the invention of … the photograph machine and Marcel Duchamp’s ready-made.” But Jesser insists that every claim hailing the death of painting is followed soon after by the claim that it has been reborn. “I figure that I can cheat the death of painting for myself by keeping it animate and interesting,” Jesser said. “I am at a period in my life where I truly believe that painting, like a good work of fiction, should be informative and inquisitive. I am very annoyed and simply bored with art that is simply meant to decorate.” “… stranger than fiction” is on display at Pei Ling Chan Gallery, 322 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., through Oct. 9. |
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