Cooper Jacoby

Cooper Jacoby

BornNationalityBased In
1989AmericanMiami, Miami Beach
Biography

Cooper Jacoby’s diverse practice revolves around the notion of circulation, from postal process to acupuncture flow charts to honeycombs, and their respective predisposition to blockages and interruption. The artist, born in 1989 in the US, approaches his subject, looking for points of damage and rupture. His sculptures, mounted on walls or standing on their own, are made out of functional materials, such as silkscreens, printer inks and aluminium letter boxes, turned into dysfunctional, polished-looking intricate objects which, upon close examination, reveal faultiness and decay. Jacoby is interested in the ways materials deemed as “waste” are reevaluated, revalued and reused, examplified by his use of Fordite, a type of industrial waste which is made ornamental. In such a way, the subject and the materiality of his practice becomes indistinguishable. Intended to be neither beautiful nor ugly; neither useful nor useless, Jacoby’s works constitute puzzles of static movement at the intersection of the human and non-human, subtle in their complexity. ...

Selected Artworks
Estate (May 30th, 2017)
Cooper Jacoby
Estate (May 30th, 2017), 2017
200 x 152 x 90cm
Estate (October 14, 2021)
Cooper Jacoby
Estate (October 14, 2021), 2021
50 x 26 x 35cm
Estate (January 14, 2019)
Cooper Jacoby
Estate (January 14, 2019), 2019
29 x 29 x 27cm
Ruminator (take me back)
Cooper Jacoby
Ruminator (take me back), 2024
190 x 32 x 23cm
Ruminator (rate my mind)
Cooper Jacoby
Ruminator (rate my mind), 2024
190 x 32 x 23cm
Ruminator (rent me out)
Cooper Jacoby
Ruminator (rent me out), 2023
65 x 74 x 22cm
Mutual Life (39.4 years)
Cooper Jacoby
Mutual Life (39.4 years), 2024
35 x 35 x 14cm
Mutual Life (29.8 years)
Cooper Jacoby
Mutual Life (29.8 years), 2024
35 x 35 x 14cm
Mutual Life (37.1 years)
Cooper Jacoby
Mutual Life (37.1 years), 2024
35 x 35 x 14cm
How do I survive? (a mouthful of firsthand)
Cooper Jacoby
How do I survive? (a mouthful of firsthand), 2022
274.3 x 71.1 x 83.8cm
Apopheniac (liver)
Cooper Jacoby
Apopheniac (liver), 2021
165 x 92 x 34cm
Apopheniac (winter)
Cooper Jacoby
Apopheniac (winter), 2022
165 x 92 x 34cm
Stressor
Cooper Jacoby
Stressor, 2021
57 x 43 x 10cm
Ruminator (mold me into anyone)
Cooper Jacoby
Ruminator (mold me into anyone), 2023
35 x 74 x 22cm
Estate (January 21, )
Cooper Jacoby
Estate (January 21, ), 2016
40 x 20 x 25cm
Mutual Life (67.2 years)
Cooper Jacoby
Mutual Life (67.2 years), 2024
35 x 35 x 14cm
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