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Black Fruit Stripe Zebra (#4 of quadriptych) Painting
United States
Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 24 W x 24 H x 0.1 D in
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Fruit Stripe Zebra quadriptych painting, consisting of four 24” x 24” panels Total installation size: 96” (243.84 cm) w x 24” (60.96) h Acrylic on canvas Black Fruit Stripe Zebra (#4 of quadriptych) is panel number one of Jay Worth Allen’s new quadriptych masterpiece, Fruit Stripe Zebra. With a nod to Wriggley’s Fruit Stripe chewing gum, this work was born out of necessity. Early into the lockdowns of 2020, the artist learned only too quickly the meaning of two words: “essential” and “non-essential”. As early as March 10, 2020, he could not purchase paint, canvas, brushes, even pencils, because these and other tools of the trade were deemed “non-essential” — and, that he, himself, as an artist was deemed “non-essential”, it was then that he began looking over some of his previous works. In the process, he came across four works from 2000, that as he put it, “never quite worked — I never was completely satisfied with the way they worked out.” Thus, he started reworking these older pieces into the work (the full quadriptych) you see before you. A genuine masterpiece. He finished the work on August 5, 2020. The rest of the details regarding the literal, life-resurrecting path Jay Worth Allen subsequently took is (will be) on the main page for the full listing of this unique masterwork, Fruit Stripe Zebra. We will be posting the listings for this main work and panels in our newly created collection, “Zebras” at the following url: https://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/Zebras/733729/414572/view Thank you for your patience as we gather and post the rest of the information for this one-of-a-kind work from Jay Worth Allen. We will be posting much more information regarding this masterpiece. Please check back within the next 24 hours, as we hope to have more info regarding Fruit Stripe Zebra on Saatchi’s website. We will post a url to the main (original work), once the process is complete. Cheers! and stay safe :) ps. For anyone with a concern, thank the Lord, we (and our studio) is/are 100% COVID-free! So, rest assured, everything that comes from our studio is safe (the negative tests say it all!).
Details & Dimensions
Painting:Acrylic on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:24 W x 24 H x 0.1 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
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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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