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(3.57 - 94 votes)About Jason:
I was raised by a television in suburban America — tuned in to all the big, bold, shiny things being sold in big, bold, shiny commercials. One of my first memories is the colors of the cereal aisle flashing by as I rode in my mom’s grocery cart. I still see things this way. I’m more likely to notice an ad on the side of the highway than the forest behind it.
What has become visual white noise to most people is what I’m interested in. This is what America really looks like: strip malls full of franchises, endless arrays of products and packaging â?¦ anything to isolate us from the unfamiliar. I think that these mundane things that have so completely saturated our lives have inherent moments of value. Painting them shows us something about who we are, what our values are, and what’s surprisingly acceptable and eerily beautiful.
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I was raised by a television in suburban America. One of my first memories is the colors of the cereal aisle flashing by as I rode in my mom's grocery...
Jason Chase
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The shopping trolley above really show how everyone – including myself depend on such ridiculous foods and in such large amounts .
i also love the american flag hammer – great
Comment by I.annand — January 5, 2008
genius! your choice of subject and medium brings honesty to a convoluted world
Comment by rico — January 5, 2008
Its good,but not forvme.
Comment by A. Bathrobe — January 5, 2008
well, despite what anyone else says, i think they are incredible. its almost that the product of his work is not as important as the process this artist went through to paint these spectacular images and what was going through his mind when he came up with his themes. i especially love the blow-up american flag hammer. i really respond to that as america’s domination over its people through the media.
Comment by mina — January 5, 2008
Advertising certainly does drive our culture but this message has been said before in more creative ways in past decades (Warhol, etc.). As a style, photorealism has always puzzled me. It seems very clever but doesn’t really add anything to the message. Why not just take a photograph? Or draw from the image or idea in some way, not just copy it?
Comment by Alexandra — January 5, 2008
These are paintings? Wow, Your awsome. I do kinda agree with Mr. Sadler though..Photorealistic things were great when no one had cameras, but now, it just kinda seems redundant. I really do admire your skills with the painting though. Its really, really good. :3
Comment by Shauna — January 5, 2008
Jason Chase is America’s greatest living artist.
Comment by scott — January 5, 2008
you are very serous with your photos and you were raised in a very productive city
Comment by alana — January 5, 2008
Holy hyper realism batman !!!!
Comment by Joanne — January 5, 2008
I don’t like the photorealistic work as much as the silk or cartoon works. With the photorealistic works, why not just exhibit the photograph? The technology is available. But I think the artist has a tendency to overdo and cram to much imagery in his work (except for the desolate suburban landscape). The cartoon and silk paintings filter reality and are much more palatable. The photorealist work is an artist with too much time on his hands. Speaking of hands, I’m not convinced these images have to be oil on canvas. That is soooo 19th century. I think you need to update your medium, so it is not about mere virtuosity of technique.
Comment by Roger E. Sadler — January 5, 2008