[Été 2004]
Jason Salavon, 124 Homes for Sale, 1999, The 5 Boroughs, Chicagoland (from the Homes for Sale series), digital colour prints, 76.5 x 96.5 cm. © Jason Salavon
Jason Salavon, 121 Homes for Sale, 2001, LA/Orange County, Chicagoland (from the Homes for Sale series), digital colour prints, 76.5 x 96.5 cm. © Jason Salavon
Jason Salavon, 117 Homes for Sale, 2002, Chicagoland (from the Homes for Sale series), digital colour prints, 76.5 x 96.5 cm. © Jason Salavon
Jason Salavon, The Graduate (from100 Special Moments), 2004, digital colour prints, variable dimensions. © Jason Salavon
Jason Salavon, Little Leaguer (from100 Special Moments), 2004, digital colour prints, variable dimensions. © Jason Salavon
Jason Salavon, Newlyweds (from100 Special Moments), 2004, digital colour prints, variable dimensions. © Jason Salavon
Jason Salavon, The 1960s (from Every Playboy Centerfold, The Decades series, normalized), 2002, digital colour prints, 153 x 76 cm ea. © Jason Salavon
Jason Salavon, The 1970s (from Every Playboy Centerfold, The Decades series, normalized), 2002, digital colour prints, 153 x 76 cm ea. © Jason Salavon
Jason Salavon, The 1980s (from Every Playboy Centerfold, The Decades series, normalized), 2002, digital colour prints, 153 x 76 cm ea. © Jason Salavon
Jason Salavon, Flayed Figure (detail), 3277 ½ square in.,1998/2001, laminated digital colour prints, 176 x 122 cm. © Jason Salavon
Jason Salavon, Flayed Figure, Male, 3277 ½ square in.,1998/2001, laminated digital colour prints, 176 x 122 cm. © Jason Salavon
Jason Salavon, Sledgehammer (from MTV’s 10 Greatest Music Videos of All Time), digital colour prints mounted on Plexiglas, 69 x 96.5 cm, 2001. © Jason Salavon
Jason Salavon, Sabotage (from MTV’s 10 Greatest Music Videos of All Time), digital colour prints mounted on Plexiglas, 69 x 96.5 cm, 2001. © Jason Salavon
Jason Salavon, Vogue (from MTV’s 10 Greatest Music Videos of All Time), 2001, digital colour prints mounted on Plexiglas, 69 x 96.5 cm. © Jason Salavon
Jason Salavon, Sweet Child O’ Mine (from MTV’s 10 Greatest Music Videos of All Time), 2001, digital colour prints mounted on Plexiglas, 69 x 96.5 cm. © Jason Salavon
Jason Salavon, Smells Like Teen Spirit (from MTV’s 10 Greatest Music Videos of All Time), 2001, digital colour prints mounted on Plexiglas, 69 x 96.5 cm. © Jason Salavon
Jason Salavon, Express Yourself (from MTV’s 10 Greatest Music Videos of All Time), digital colour prints mounted on Plexiglas, 69 x 96.5 cm, 2001. © Jason Salavon
Résumé
Jason Salavon a une pratique variée qui comprend des installations de vidéo numérique, des oeuvres interactives sur Internet et des « peintures » créées par le biais de l’ordinateur. Les épreuves qu’il réalise à partir de photographies et de vidéos tirées de l’Internet et d’autres sources de culture populaire se présentent comme des voiles impressionnistes ou des grilles de couleurs minimalistes. Le récit sous-jacent à ces images se voit approprié, puis déconstruit, et recomposé en une métafiction d’ordre conceptuel. Le désordre de la vie contemporaine y est transposé en une beauté abstraite et contemplative qui entremêle les éléments superficiels et les structures profondes de la société.