|
"As in a Mirror, Dimly: Scenes from a Film I will Never Finish"
New Drawings by Jason R. Butcher
August 4 - August 31
"As in a Mirror, Dimly" features a set of all new drawings by Atlanta artist Jason R. Butcher. His new work focuses on imagery related to what Butcher describes as "a film I will never finish". Each drawing gives a voyeur's perspective from someone working on a surreal dream-like set, with each scene laid out and lit exactly as the artist would do in order to shoot the film. The drawings depict a series of everyday occurrences which, while appearing in sequence, contain no narrative structure. Originating as story-boards, the drawings serve as a documentation of ideas that could become a film but since that film will never be finished, the drawings in turn become their own artistic statement.
This is Jason's first solo exhibition at Beep Beep Gallery.
Jason R. Butcher is an artist based in Atlanta, Georgia, interested in exploring drawing, animation, and sound. Born in Ohio, he grew up in various places on both coasts as well as spending some time in the Midwest. After relocating to Georgia in the late 90s, he obtained his BFA in Drawing, Painting, and Printmaking at Georgia State University in 2004, and subsequently a Master's degree in Electronic Art from The University of Cincinnati - DAAP in 2006. Upon returning to Atlanta, he became a member of drawing collective Golden Blizzard and began to develop an understanding of electronics (past & present). Work designing museum interactive and electronics informed a few large collaborative installations for the Le Flash events of 2008 and 2009, as well as more recent exhibits with electronic displays of the sound and/or video variety, and improvisational performances with electronic instruments. 2012 has been a productive year - marked by branching out into electronic circuit design and fabrication for custom synthesizer devices, sound design and engineering for Anya Liftig's recent Flux Projects performance, and large scale drawings. Mr. Butcher currently lives in Decatur with his wife Rebecca, son Felix, and two ill-behaved cats, and is a professor of Animation at the Art Institute of Atlanta - Decatur. |
