Slow Circle

Jack O'Brien

Slow Circle, 202361 x 47 x 19cmSign in to view price
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soft pastel, spray paint, photographic print mounted on aluminium, heat-formed petg plastic, white vest, chrome plated steel, epoxy putty, metal cable-tiesGinny on Frederick
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.

This artwork employs a unique visual approach, blending vibrant colors and distinct shapes. The central focus is a red apple, encased in a transparent plastic wrap, creating a sense of enclosure and preservation. The overall composition features a striking juxtaposition of the organic apple and the artificial, industrial-like wrapping, suggesting a commentary on the interplay between nature and modern consumerism. The artist's strategic use of lighting and framing adds depth and complexity to the piece, inviting the viewer to ponder the relationship between the natural and the manufactured. The work reflects a contemporary artistic style that challenges conventional boundaries and encourages deeper contemplation. ...

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Artist
Jack O'Brien

Jack O’Brien’s practice bridges connections and examines the relationships between the built environment, materiality, and aesthetics that exist on the fringes. Within his work, he makes use of both industrially produced materials and materials traditionally associated with ‘craft’, alongside objects that hold personal resonance and found objects. His typical materials range from steel, wood, dried flowers, socks, printed paper, horse-hair braid, rubber, concrete, and latex. Influenced by industrial production, fashion, architecture, and image-making, his sculptures are deeply emotive and serve as responses to consumption, capitalism, and the commodification of desire, along with their political and ideological histories. Through physically distorting his materials, such as by elongating, twisting, and folding, O’Brien explores how meaning can be altered and re-programmed. His recent practice has approached the commodification of queerness and queer aesthetics as well as the notions of taboo and fetish associated with the queer community. Through this, he intertwines decorative and ornamental styles with the connections between whiteness, masculinity, and fascism within gay culture. ...

Jack O'Brien: Artworks
Swimmer
Jack O'Brien
Swimmer, 2023
102 x 61 x 15cm
Slow Circle
Jack O'Brien
Slow Circle, 2023
61 x 47 x 19cm
Navel II
Jack O'Brien
Navel II, 2023
53 x 45 x 4cm
Navel III
Jack O'Brien
Navel III, 2023
53 x 45 x 4cm
Navel IV
Jack O'Brien
Navel IV, 2023
53 x 45 x 4cm
Navel V
Jack O'Brien
Navel V, 2023
53 x 45 x 4cm
Navel VI
Jack O'Brien
Navel VI, 2023
53 x 45 x 4cm
Navel VII
Jack O'Brien
Navel VII, 2023
53 x 45 x 4cm
Navel VIII
Jack O'Brien
Navel VIII, 2023
53 x 45 x 4cm
Whiplash I
Jack O'Brien
Whiplash I, 2022
80 x 20 x 14cm
Whiplash II
Jack O'Brien
Whiplash II, 2022
102 x 21 x 31cm
Adaptation
Jack O'Brien
Adaptation, 2022
86.5 x 22 x 88cm
There and Here
Jack O'Brien
There and Here, 2023
80 x 61 x 11cm
Navel I
A tyrant called love is coming
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A tyrant called love is coming, 2023
Ginny on Frederick
Gallery
Ginny on Frederick
London

Ginny on Frederick is a former shop unit opposite Smithfield Meat Market in Clerkenwell, east London, that’s capable of shapeshifting. ‘Frederick’ refers to founder and curator Freddie Powell’s original space on Frederick Terrace in Hackney, which closed during the first pandemic lockdown in 2020; ‘Ginny’ is his mum’s name. The anachronistic signage above the door of the current space reads ‘Sunset Sandwich Bar II: Hot & Cold Food to Take Away’, exemplifying what makes the gallery so compelling: it’s idiosyncratic, hiding in plain sight. Ginny on Frederick’s focus on young artists offers a sense of promise and something often missing in the capital: support at a local level for artists. ...

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