Jason Pollen, Havana, 2014
Silk
http://www.kclibrary.org/event/jason-pollen-unfurled
Friends and I went on our seasonal holiday outing to get some culture, eat well and shop. The show was a high point in a great day.
Jason Pollen, Forest/Trees IV
Found sticks, wrapped on a dyed background.
Jason Pollen, Forest/Trees
Jason Pollen, Forest/Trees Detail
See an interview in The Pitch about how Pollen came to make these assemblages:
Jason Pollen, Metamorphosis I
Felted Wool
Jason Pollen, Metamorphosis I
Jason Pollen, Prophets
The faces looked familiar. The catalog notes his inspiration
in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection
of Fayoum or Fayum funerary portraits of Egyptians.
He also is showing his sketchbooks.
The man mixes media in wonderful fashion.