

“My work explores both urban and rural mythologies. Creating cut paper hybrids of fact and fiction, I tear and paste paper upon paper to produce a layered cast of portraits. In the tradition of Romare Bearden, David Driskell, and David Hammonds my work is about recollecting truth from a personal past and using collage techniques to create a cohesive thought or image. By creating a cast of self-made mythical portraits, I examine what it means to be an Afro-American in a fragmented contemporary society.”
~Jefferson Pinder
I came across the work of Jefferson Pinder while surfing the site of the David Driskell Center. Only after my initial stumble did I find more information about him but it was still with great intention on my part. I love art and I’m always disappointed when an artist gets pass me. I wonder… how does one get into the loop? How does one go from stumbling upon an artist to getting the information straight on? And don’t tell me to subscribe to art magazines because I have a forest of such material pushing me out my apartment.
I invite everyone to visit the link I have for him and check out his performance and mixed media work.
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