Jon Bocksel

Just got back from Vancouver BC, read more about the FIT here.

Departing from this initial Painting. The Possibility for a Swear Word series has engrossed some 20 small works on paper and has migrated into larger incarnations, including enamel work on canvas.

This zine is a selection of these works created 2009-2011.
Excerpt From The Order of Things- An Archaeology of the Human Sciences, Michel Foucault 1966.
22 pages color.
Please email for availability.

Booklyn presents:

Hunter/Gatherer

Opening reception July 9, 2011; 7 - 10pm.

Featuring:
Evan Robarts
Jason Kachadourian
Jessica Williams
Jon Bocksel
Scott Meyers

Hunter/Gatherer includes artists with the common practice of borrowing both aesthetic inspirations and found objects from their local surroundings. These artists accumulate visual, physical, and conceptual source material from everyday encounters and observations. They manipulate materials and appropriate techniques from discarded objects, sign-painting and murals, printed ephemera, and urban architecture. While each artist has their own unique approach to collecting and manipulating, their work evokes similar appreciations for the found and overlooked. With their work combined, Hunter/Gatherer creates a personal map of the city they share and the scenery they encounter. The viewer is confronted by these recognizable, yet often ignored images and encouraged to take a second look when walking down the street. Curated by Aimee Lusty.

Jon Bocksel, Disstopia, 2010. Gouache on Paper. 22"x32."

37 Greenpoint Ave, 4th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11222
http://booklyn.org

- Now on view through May 22nd-
Truly a great line up; ever grateful to be showing alongside this fine bunch.

For more information please contact Eric Firestone Gallery.

Some images of the opening can be seen over at Joshua Abelow's BLOG

Excited to be showing some text based work in this show- opening January 8th 2011.