Jamie Leo – recent artworks

Throughout years of exploration in portraiture, i’ve sought to compound the image of the persona of an individual subject with a stimulating optical experience – one simultaneously of information and abstraction.

These works are technically realized by employing a series of bicubic algorithms on my own photographs, which i simultaneously digitally ‘paint,’ using imaging tools that impact acutance, saturation and hue.

From a viewing distance of several yards, these ‘reexportations’ suggest precise indications of the observed subjects, while closer observation reveals detailed information – and visual vocabulary of influences including Stanton MacDonald-Wright’s synchromism and Francis Bacon’s probing of the topography of form – inviting the viewer to assemble and reassemble the presented optical stimuli within the pieces.

Originally intended to be seen exclusively on monitors or ‘light boxes,’ the fabrication technique, waterproof archival dye infused on aluminum, brings a thrilling and unexpectedly highly chromatic experience to viewers.

 

dreamy end-of-the-world glaredown (detail)

dreamy end-of-the-world glaredown (detail)

dreamy end-of-the-world glaredown (detail)

dreamy end-of-the-world glaredown (detail)

dreamy end-of-the-world glaredown

Grindstone Mountain

Fertilitree Loves Company Culture

Spun Aura

Glennen

Isfahaneh

Mount Damavand

Persia

Self Service

cherishable

tangle

thank you

Frogola

Catharine Dill

holiday

Jones

Deb Margolin

gate

Fussy Lo Mein

Ubu

Mermaid

wall

the heavens

Ze Frank CU

scaffold

Alavi

Theodora's goddess

Placido Domingo's playful scowl

1800 Albany

 

All works by Jamie Leo.  © 2014-2022