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Description:
Artist: Jim Jonson
Title: Back View Seated
Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil
Edition: 300
Paper Size: 23" x 30"
Jim Jonson is concerned with
the kinetics of a sports event. He responds personally to the
energy and the power generated by finely conditioned athletes,
having been one himself. But above all he attempts to communicate
the phenomenon of motion. He does not try to free these moments
as a high-speed photograph would, but by skillfully employing
the multiple image, Jonson dramatically enhances the narrative
power of his paintings. You not only see where something is,
but also where it was and the direction in which it's going.
In addition to the phenomenon of motion, Jonson
is also concerned with the specific instant: the point in the
action which most dramatically highlights the athlete extending
himself almost beyond his limits. It could be the face of a
long distance runner straining to reach the finish line, the
arched back of a pole vaulter as he barely clears the bar, or
the stretched legs and clawing hands of the high hurdler. For
all their apparent spontaneity, which sometimes borders on the
abstract, however, his paintings adhere to the classical tenets
of drawing, composition, value, and color harmony.
Jonson's first illustration assignments were
for magazines and advertising agencies in California where more
and more art directors who were beginning to tire of the photographic
realism then predominant responded to Jonson's painterly approach.
Since then he has moved to the East Coast and
his work appears regularly in Sports Illustrated, Ski, Time-Life
Books, and other nationally famous publications.
He has also exhibited in many museums including
the National Art Museum of Sport Competition where he was recently
a top award winner.
ONE-MAN SHOWS
SB. Parsons, Los Angeles
Cushing Gallery, Dallas
Madison Park Gallery, New York City
Abercrombie & Fitch, New York City
Abercrombie & Fitch, Chicago
GROUP SHOWS
Denver Art Museum
Los Angeles County Art Museum
Oklahoma Art Center
Frye Museum (Seattle)
Orange County Museum
University of Arizona
| Status: For Sale |
Reference#: Jonson_Back_View_Seated_ |
| Condition:
Excellent |
Year:
c. 1979
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| Height:
23 in. (58.42 cm) |
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Width: 30 in. (76.20 cm)
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| Title:
Back View Seated |
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