Mark Jason Kemp

Blackheath Village, London.

"Sentences".
A collection of works that explore my thoughts, fears, failures and regrets.
My addictions, paranoia, psychosis, and the death of my best
friend who's life i failed to save.
in essence it's ten years overdue, the above conditions
being mostly to blame, that and losing the use of my right arm.
However, i have now, overcome most of the above and have
found a new art style to embrace, whilst re-adjusting myself to be solely left-handed.

the work was done in fine pastel pencils charcoal and collage, on a very small scale.
They were then manipulated and reworked into time lapse stills mainly in a polaroid type
format, using my new best friend, the computer. The reason for this, my best friend stole all of my photographs (my memories in essence!)and some of my artwork by mistake and then when he realised they were worthless (and not crack vouchers)he destroyed them.
however, this process I find, not only fuses both the traditional and the modern, but it allows me to
take-apart and re-assemble a piece of work, giving it a more defined and meaningfull timeline, what's left at the end is a brief hint, at a
very personal story, that still remains...

Solo Expositions:

"Patronato de Bellas Artes" Guatemala City, Central America - "Serie Lapidas Azules" - February 1994.

"Galleria Internacional de Arte" Miami/Guatemala. - "Varying Degrees of Hopelessness" - May 1994.

"El Attico" Guatemala City, Central America - "The Street Children of Guatemala" - July 1994.

(NOT SO) Permanent Works:

"The National Museum of Modern Art " - Guatemala City, Central America. - "Self Portrait with Apple" (stolen from museum).

"The National Museum of Modern Art " - Guatemala City, Central America. - "Man Chasing Birds" (stolen from museum).,