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| Jonathan Gitelson | |
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Born (1975) in Mount Kisco, NY and currently resides in Chicago, Illinois. |
| About the Artist | |
As an artist, I am interested in every day events and observations. Overheard conversations, personal reflections, chance encounters and found objects are just a few of the seemingly mundane things that have inspired my work. By examining the overlooked artifacts of everyday life such as discarded letters or shoes hanging on telephone wires, I catch a glimpse into the lives of people in my community. |
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Green Dolphin Street
2005 |
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| During the summer of 2004, I moved across the street from the Funky Buddha Lounge, a popular nightclub in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood. Each night I would park my car on the street, and each morning I would find that numerous club fliers had been shoved beneath my windshield wipers and into the cracks of my windows. By the time I got to my car each morning, many of the other car owners had already left for the day, discarding their fliers on the ground. This form of advertising intrigued me – an attempt at communication with consumers that was clearly failing, creating huge volumes of what was essentially expensively printed instant garbage.
Shortly after I moved in, I began collecting the fliers from my car and from the sidewalk around my home. By January of 2005, I had collected over 1000 fliers, enough to cover my entire car. I spent three months hand-sewing the fliers together to create a car cover and have photographed the car, with car cover, parked in front of the clubs from whom I had received fliers.
“The Car Project” was completed in December of 2005 and consists of eight large-scale photographs. Each exhibition print is digitally printed at 40” X 50” which allows the viewer to read the individual fliers within each photograph. The photographs have been exhibited along with a metal sculpture that is in the shape of my car upon which I have exhibited the actual car cover.
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Excalibur
2005 |
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| During the summer of 2004, I moved across the street from the Funky Buddha Lounge, a popular nightclub in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood. Each night I would park my car on the street, and each morning I would find that numerous club fliers had been shoved beneath my windshield wipers and into the cracks of my windows. By the time I got to my car each morning, many of the other car owners had already left for the day, discarding their fliers on the ground. This form of advertising intrigued me – an attempt at communication with consumers that was clearly failing, creating huge volumes of what was essentially expensively printed instant garbage. Shortly after I moved in, I began collecting the fliers from my car and from the sidewalk around my home. By January of 2005, I had collected over 1000 fliers, enough to cover my entire car. I spent three months hand-sewing the fliers together to create a car cover and have photographed the car, with car cover, parked in front of the clubs from whom I had received fliers. “The Car Project” was completed in December of 2005 and consists of eight large-scale photographs. Each exhibition print is digitally printed at 40” X 50” which allows the viewer to read the individual fliers within each photograph. The photographs have been exhibited along with a metal sculpture that is in the shape of my car upon which I have exhibited the actual car cover. |
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Congress Theater
2005 |
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| During the summer of 2004, I moved across the street from the Funky Buddha Lounge, a popular nightclub in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood. Each night I would park my car on the street, and each morning I would find that numerous club fliers had been shoved beneath my windshield wipers and into the cracks of my windows. By the time I got to my car each morning, many of the other car owners had already left for the day, discarding their fliers on the ground. This form of advertising intrigued me – an attempt at communication with consumers that was clearly failing, creating huge volumes of what was essentially expensively printed instant garbage. Shortly after I moved in, I began collecting the fliers from my car and from the sidewalk around my home. By January of 2005, I had collected over 1000 fliers, enough to cover my entire car. I spent three months hand-sewing the fliers together to create a car cover and have photographed the car, with car cover, parked in front of the clubs from whom I had received fliers. “The Car Project” was completed in December of 2005 and consists of eight large-scale photographs. Each exhibition print is digitally printed at 40” X 50” which allows the viewer to read the individual fliers within each photograph. The photographs have been exhibited along with a metal sculpture that is in the shape of my car upon which I have exhibited the actual car cover. |
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Chuck O Luck
2004 |
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| I began to create large-scale posters in the spring of 2004 as an extension of my artist’s books. I have used the work of Chris Ware, The Russian Constructivists, old cinema posters and various other sources as my templates and have often accompanied my posters with short films. |
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What Does It All Mean?
2004 |
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| I began to create large-scale posters in the spring of 2004 as an extension of my artist’s books. I have used the work of Chris Ware, The Russian Constructivists, old cinema posters and various other sources as my templates and have often accompanied my posters with short films. |
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The Quitter
2005 |
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| I began to create large-scale posters in the spring of 2004 as an extension of my artist’s books. I have used the work of Chris Ware, The Russian Constructivists, old cinema posters and various other sources as my templates and have often accompanied my posters with short films. |
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| Education and biography | |
| MFA, Photography, Columbia College Chicago, 2004; BA, Literature and Photography, Marlboro College, 1997 SOLO: �The Car Project,� Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL [March 17-Apil 22, 2006] �Social Studies,� Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL [Sept 10�Oct 30, 2004] GROUP: �Car Culture� Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL [2006] �18th Evanston and Vicinity Biennial� Evanston Arts Center, Evanston, IL [2006] �New Trends In Chicago Photography� Version Kunsthalle, Chicago, IL [2006] �Unlimited ID� Dazibao Centre de Photographies Actuelles, Montreal, Quebec [2006] �Unlimited ID� Neutral Ground, Regina, Saskatchewan [2006] �Photocentric,� Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, MN [2005] �Wish,� Center On Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA [2005] Nova Young Arts Fair, Chicago, IL [2005] �FACT/FICTION,� Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT [2004] �47th Annual International Exhibition,� San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA [2005] |
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| Future shows | |
| Group Shows: “Chicagraphy:Jonathan Gitelson, Matt Siber and Brian Ulrich,†Galerie f5.6, Munich, Germany [November] “Houston Center for Photography Membership Exhibition,†Curated by Anne Wilkes Tucker, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX [June 8-July 22] “Concerning Tomorrow,†Curated by Jason Lazarus, Atlas Gallery, Chicago, IL [June] “Photocentric,†Curated by Lisa Hostetler, Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, MN [March 31 - May 27] _________________________________ Art Fairs/Festivals: “Paris Photo,†Paris, France [November 15-18] “Innmotion Festival,†Barcelona, Spain [July 4-7] “The Artist Project,†Art Chicago, Chicago, IL [April 27-30] __________________________________________ Publications: “Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age,†Edited by Robert Hirsch, Elsevier’s Focal Press, [2007] “Camera Austria,†Essay by Karen Irvine, Graz, Austria [March] “Intersection Magazine,†London, UK [Winter 2006/2007] __________________________________________ Curatorial: “43rd Annual Versionfest Photographic Invitational,†Curated with Brian Ulrich, Version Kunsthalle, Chicago, IL (April 19-May 6, 2007) _________________________________________ Public Art Commissions: City of Chicago Arts In Transit Public Art Commission (permanent installation, Armitage Brown Line Station), Chicago, IL [2007] |
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