The Lonely Cost of Getting Lucky in the Nouth Weast
16’ 8” x 13’ 10” x 7’
Fabricated Steel, Painted
2012
Artist Statement
Much of my work has a dark, environmental humor greatly influenced by the author Edward Abbey. I use highly processed materials to represent the natural and use natural materials to represent the urban. This ironic use of material helps me to maintain the dark humor and energy of my two-dimensional work while developing a well-honed elegance in aesthetic. I love the dangerous, laborious, and masculine process of sculpting metal; fire, noise, explosion, sweat, strain. Incorporating elements of the trade; commercial blacksmithing and structural welding have developed my respect for the material. My work continues to explore the desire and romance of modern civilization toward the industrial. Our societal successes and excesses. Planting an idea of how to take our next steps forward.
Jesse Blumenthal
www.jesseblumenthal.com
Born: 1985, Montreal, QC, CAN
Resides: Crested Butte, CO
Education: BFA, 2007, UMass Amherst, MA
Selected Exhibitions
• Fertility 2.0, Black Rock City, NV, 2012
• Jive-Free Visuals, Crested Butte Center for the Arts, CO, 2011
• Stupid Fresh Dopeness, Corduroy Gallery, Portland, ME, 2010
Selected Collections
• UMass Amherst, MA
• Rye Airfield, Rye, NH
• Selected Awards
• Chancellor’s Talent Award, UMass Amherst, 2006
Selected Awards
• Chancellor’s Talent Award, UMass Amherst, 2006