"Word paintings are also popular. Jon Bocksel's delicate gouaches appropriate and combine words that he sees around him in daily life one work is called Where-House (2008), for example. His source materials include newspaper headlines, graffiti and all kinds of signage, the words combined in such a way as to evoke social issues like poverty and class consciousness. Mr. Bocksel's gouaches ask you to both look and read at the same time." The New York Times September 2008 article with reproduction HERE
"Jon Bocksel is a young photographer from New York City. He was born there, though he moved around to various suburbs in the United States before landing back there at the age of 18. A self proclaimed "searcher of reasons unknown", Jon Attaches his aesthetic to some kind of "hunter/gatherer" instinct, which he sees as a hardwiring that all human beings have, but most repress. His intentions are to document his search through photography, drawing and filmmaking. He skateboards, makes objects and stays busy trying to live his life in a way that keeps his brain constantly bubbling." Color Magazine 2007