[THE CREATIVE COLLECTIONS OF JASON POTVIN]
BOOKS
A picture takes a thousand words away. That is why these books were made. To take your words away. To get you to take a moment out of what you think you think and see something without words that go at great length. When you look at something beautiful is it the word beauty you see or does it defy logic showing you the pedagogic master key.
History Ends.
2016.
History Ends / A Collection of Digital Collages from World War 1 and 2 Images. Creating a poetic story about the World Run by Men, Ravaged by War and The Honor of Violence. His Story Ends is the defining moment when History, The Past, Time, Tradition, Belief, Politics, War, Nations, Creeds Come to their Final Climax and Dissolve back into Eternity. The End of Time. The End of an Age. The End of a way in which We had operated for Millennia. The End of His Story Brings The Beginning of Man and Woman Living in Harmony. Duality Transcends Into Polarity.
ALGAIC.
2014.
Algaic / A Collection of Micro Scenes in Nature Brought To A Macro Level. A Thousand Words Never Paint You A Picture. A Picture Takes A Thousand Words Away. This series shows us how much 'nature' exists in everything, everywhere. This is natures way of showing the organic qualities of painting that no human being can ever extinguish. No matter where the human being goes 'nature' always has a way of finding us no matter what. Man-Made, Nature Inspired, Completion of Inorganic and Organic Influences.
WITH/OUT/IN.
2014.
With/Out/In JASON POTVIN // A Collection of Micro Paintings Scanned to a Macro Level [Movement] A Thousand Words Never Paint You A Picture. A Picture Takes A Thousand Words Away. This series shows us the fixed positions of color pixels and their relationship to their environment and inter-relationship with layers. Neverending-Movement.
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WITH/IN/OUT.
2014.
With/In/Out/ JASON POTVIN // A Collection of Micro Paintings Scanned to a Macro Level [Fixed] A Thousand Words Never Paint You A Picture. A Picture Takes A Thousand Words Away. This series shows us the fixed positions of color pixels and their relationship to their environment and inter-relationship with layers. Non-moving Movement.
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PORTAL GHOSTS.
2013.
Portal Ghosts is a series that brings us back to NYC after spending time abroad in France. It is a series that came out with more spiritual experiences happening in my neighborhood of Clinton Hill. More ghosts coming through the channel that is painting to tell their stories through movements, colors and the placement of these things in the moment. I named this series Portal Ghosts because they literally are portals that transport you to places on the other side of what we would call reality. This series was painted end of Summer / Fall 2013.
WHAT I LEFT BEHIND.
2001-2008.
What I left behind series deals with the past. It is a series that comes from a time in life when I was going through the most difficult transformation of my life thus far. These pieces showcase in colors a time period where I did not know how to properly express myself based on new terms. It was a regurgitation of the past over and over again. You can see the lack of development in the pieces as they reflect my own lack of development and understanding of myself not only as an artist but as a person. These are those fragments left behind from a time period that will never be able to be recreated. These pieces were painted from 2001 – 2008.