Cooper Jacoby
Details
Description
This contemporary art piece features a wall-mounted, gray-colored light fixture with a circular lens. The lens displays a vibrant, abstract pattern of various shapes and colors, including pinks, oranges, and greens. The overall composition is simple yet visually striking, with the light source serving as the main focal point. The subject matter appears to be a playful, organic-inspired design that suggests a biomorphic or natural form. The distinctive lighting technique employed creates an intriguing and captivating visual experience, inviting the viewer to contemplate the intersection of technology, art, and the natural world. The artist's intention behind this piece may be to explore the relationship between artificial and natural elements, or to provoke a sense of wonder and curiosity through the interplay of light, color, and form. ...
Similar Artworks
Cooper Jacoby
B.1989, AmericanCooper 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. ...
Cooper Jacoby: Artworks
Fitzpatrick Gallery
ParisEstablished in 2020, Fitzpatrick Gallery is focused on an international program of curated projects in site-specific venues worldwide, and on-site exhibitions at their primary location in Paris, inaugurated in September 2021 in the Marais gallery district at 123 rue de Turenne. They are involved in every level of production with their represented artists, working in close collaboration with institutions, publishing houses, advisory firms, and other partners. Fitzpatrick Gallery builds on the legacy of Freedman Fitzpatrick which was established in 2013 with locations in Los Angeles and Paris. ...