Politics and religion play a pivotal role in much of my work, blurring the boundaries between secular and spiritual worlds. Fusing words, people and familiar imagery in a way that questions our notions of power and attachment, real and imaginary. I believe in the strength and value of our human connectedness often finding inspiration in the most heinous crimes of our modern era.
Using pen and ink on printed leaves from 18th and early 19th century books and pamphlets (a byproduct of my antiquarian book business), I invoke the past into the present. All marginal notes, inscriptions and other markings left by the previous owners are untouched. The quality and condition of the paper, type face and size provide subtle changes in tonal values which make each panel unique. On occasion, tintype photographs, parts of bindings or found objects such as flora or, a lock of hair pressed between the pages make their way into the work. Fragments of animals and sometimes remnants of their dwellings are also integrated.
Jason Noushin
British National
Lives and works in Connecticut
Education
Hammersmith College, London 1988 - 1990
Contact
E-mail: jnoushin@gmail.com
Telephone: (203) 675-8355
Freud 1998
news
September 22 - November 20, 2010 - Solo exhibit at Hammond Museum. North Salem, NY.
July 1 - August 8, 2010 - Summer show at the Kehler Liddell Gallery. New Haven, Conn.
March 21 - April 11, 2010. New Haven Paint & Clay Club 109th Annual Juried Art Exhibition of work by artists from New England and New York. John Slade Ely House. New Haven, Conn.
November 9 - December 5, 2009. Biennial 2009. New Hampshire Institute of Art. Manchester, NH.
July 2009 - "Down the Burn Davie" acquired by the Museum of the Gulf Coast, Port Arthur, TX.
May 24 - August 13, 2009. Solo exhibit at Earl Hall, Southern Connecticut State University. New Haven, Conn.
March 15, 2009. Awarded the New Haven Paint & Clay Club Prize at the New Haven Paint & Clay Club's 108th Annual Juried Art Exhibition of work by artists from New England and New York. John Slade Ely House.