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Nobody's Perfect, 2007
Two color silkscreen with ink jet on Hahnemuhle German etching paper
with hand additions in gouache.
Image 11 x 14.5 inches, paper 17 x 22 inches
Edition of 20 variants signed and numbered
$600
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Element Editions is pleased to present Nobody's Perfect, a new print by the artist Jim Gaylord. The image derives from the artist's method of compositing still pictures from special effects and stunt sequences in films. In these scenes, figures become briefly unrecognizable through motion or violence. These abstract states become starting points for the new composition.
After deconstructing several scenes from the film Final Destination 2, Gaylord isolated certain shapes within the film stills and rendered them as the silk-screened portions of the work. The representational background was painted from the original scene and reproduced as an inkjet print. The architectural forms were comprised of preexisting and invented elements, while the final hand-painted marks were even more improvisational.
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Jim Gaylord received his MFA from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BA in film from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. His work has recently been exhibited at Peak Gallery, Toronto; Artnews Projects, Berlin; and Grimm/Rosenfeld, New York. Other exhibitions include Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco; CUE Art Foundation, New York, Nakaochiai Gallery, Tokyo; PS 122 Gallery, New York; Southern Exposure, San Francisco; and the di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA. He has been featured in publications such as Artweek, V Magazine, New American Paintings, and The New York Times. Gaylord is a recipient of a grant from the Joan Mitchell Foundation and he was recently a mentor for the San Francisco Art Institute's MFA Program. He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
