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Dream Vessel No. 11
Dream Vessel No. 16
Dream Vessel No. 17
Dream Vessel No. 21
Dream Vessel No. 8
Dream Vessel No. 12 & 12A
 
Jeffrey Frisch


jfrischartist@netzero.net

www.JeffreyFrischArtist.com

www.jeff-wordwork.blogspot.com

DREAMVESSELS STATEMENT

The name dreamVessels derives from, and intuitively refers to, the soul journey of dreams since both dreamVessels and dreams are assembled from seemingly unrelated elements creating a believably rearranged sense of reality. dreamVessels also hold Biblical references, visually alluding to Noah’s Ark, rhetorically alluding to the Ark of the Covenant

A major element of this series is the rearrangement of the viewer’s sensibilities with nautically convincing structures that reveal themselves to be everyday objects combined in unexpected format. The materials are acquired from society's unused, discarded, obsolete, broken debris implying environmental concern. After initial aesthetic appeal, materials are selected for their strength, durability, evocative potential and/or reference to my personal biography. Additional artistic influence seeps in from the realm of the Dada movement.

Alluding to the viewer’s personal recesses of human spirit, dreamVessels are delicate, detailed found object, bilaterally symmetrical works, highly evocative of fantasy sailing vessels from an ancient technology in a parallel universe. The series’ imagery draws heavily from traditional marine aesthetic, vocabulary and architecture. Sail fabric comes only from shirts I have worn. Each dreamVessel takes approximately 50 to 80 hours to complete. Seen individually, or arrayed in armada style exhibition, dreamVessels create a visual presence transcending conventional description.

Further aesthetic considerations exist in their own realm and are not linear, sequential or even necessarily logical. For me, all my work functions on several levels simultaneously without a single dominant, correct interpretation

The artwork is:

  1. My expression of an obsessive need to make these objects.
  2. Creative exploration in pursuit of new visual experience.
  3. The result of an on-going search for a less traditional materials palette.
  4. Gut-level reactionary response to Minimalism.
  5. A physical expression of my connection to the spirit world.
  6. Pro environmental; Anti-materialistic.
  7. A cultural artifact from a parallel universe.
  8. Whimsical and serious at the same time.
  9. All of these things, and more.
  10. None of these things, and less.
Jeffrey Frisch, 2009
 
No. 6 - Card Shark
No. 8 - Sky Worms and Giraffe with Ficus Tree
No. 9 - Sky Worms and Levitated Zebra with Saturn
No. 10 - Sky Worms with Tortoise and Horse Designed By Committee
No. 11 - SKy Worms with Asteroids, Platypus and Hippo
ENVIRONMENTAL SURREALISM PAINTINGS STATEMENT
  1. Nobody sees everything the way it really is anyway.
  2. I titled this painting style Environmental Surrealism.
  3. Further aesthetic considerations exist in their own realm and are not linear,
    sequential or even necessarily logical.
    The artwork is:
    1. My expression of an obsessive need to make these images.
    2. Creative exploration in pursuit of new visual experience.
    3. Gut-level reactionary response to Minimalism.
    4. A physical expression of my connection to the spirit world.
    5. Pro-environmental; Anti-materialistic.
    6. A cultural artifact from a parallel universe.
    7. Whimsical and serious at the same time.
    8. All of these things, and more.
    9. None of these things, and less.
Jeffrey Frisch
2009
 
   
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