VIEW IN MY ROOM
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Drawing, Ink on Paper
Size: 22.5 W x 30 H x 0.2 D in
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Artist: Jay Worth Allen Title: “Diana Reads A Book” (late 2023) approx. 22.5” W x 30.0” H x (57.15cm x 76.2cm)* Pen and Ink on watercolour paper. [Black ink on textured, heavy-weight White Strathmore 400 Cold Press Watercolor Paper with feathered deckle edges on two sides.] Line Art. “Diana Reads A Book” is a unique work from an evolving new body of work minimal in substrate yet communicating volumes — in which the artist, Jay Worth Allen, “decided to see how little I could paint, or draw, on a white surface and still have the movement, the emotion, the image, the moment, the communication, all fully without lacking anything in the translation of the piece to the eye of the beholder.” The view is from behind, the posture perfect. A nude woman sits on her feet while curling toes peak out from underneath her body, her right arm gently rests on her hip as her head, hidden by her inward curved shoulders, is bowed down in front of her. We are witness to an extremely intimate moment for this woman — a solitary state in which the world around the subject is of no consequence, only the woman and the world she’s encountering within the pages of the book she’s reading. The book is hidden to us, held by hidden hands resting on a hidden left knee, all hidden by her body as her head is buried into the book’s content. Again, the imagery is genius. The observer is drawn into the midst of this woman’s moment, subtly realizing their own solitary intimate experience. “Diana Reads A Book” is yet another important and timeless work, brilliantly exhibiting the genius of Jay Worth Allen as he draws out the very essence of a moment, a construct, truth in a universal form, yet unique to humankind, unique to each person who dares to be still and see. Please visit “View From Outside My Studio Window” to read more about this fascinating new series from Jay Worth Allen. *[Sizes listed are approximate to within 1/16 to 1/8 inch (.0625” to .1250”), as each sheet is unique.]
Drawing:Ink on Paper
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Size:22.5 W x 30 H x 0.2 D in
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— Artist Statement — I was born. When I was about 6, I started drawing. Later, I started painting. That's still what I'm doing. What I know, I put into my work. I am interested in visible or tangible things that ARE, rather than Opinion. In my work, there are pre-formed, conventional, depersonalized, factual elements — impartial objects. I am concerned with the wholeness of a thing remaining within the boundaries of knowledge. It is within this boundary that I strive to conceal and reveal known objects at the same time. We have an existing language of words, signs, symbols, shapes, formulas, treatises, poems and the like — whole bodies of belief and knowledge that can, presumably, describe and penetrate anything and everything. Yet, I am forced to recognize that the system which enables me to form a piece of art and to think coherently cannot define how I uniquely think or feel, or even how I picture myself and everything outside myself. The plane of my work has always been real things — REAL MOMENTS RESTING IN TIME, where the ideational and perceptual worlds intersect to form image, idea, icon, and space, and — where I, and therefore the viewer, is projected through to another reality. Technique is inextricably tied to the content of my work. By working in all mediums, I work with numerous techniques. As a painter, acrylic is my medium of choice. My 3D & sculptural materials range from chicken wire to wood to concrete blocks to whatever material I find in my field of sight. The methods I use in printmaking (woodblock, silkscreen, blueprints, lithographs) all combine multiple processes. For me there is no hierarchy among these mediums and techniques; yet, drawing is the foundation for all my work. It’s is the way I speak the best, the clearest. — Brief Bio — On March 6 (the anniversary of Michelangelo’s birthday), J. Worth Allen (“Jay”) was born in Daylight, Tennessee. He grew up in Austin. Studied in Memphis, London, Oxford, New York, Los Angeles—. Has exhibited in New York, Texas, California, London, Edinburgh, France, and beyond. At 16, he was accepted into the top 3 art schools in the nation, each, with full scholarships: Pratt Institute/Fine Art, The Art Institute of Chicago and The Art Academy in Memphis, which won out (via a cartographical nudge from his dad).
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