White Room: Jason Brinkerhoff
March 3–April 14, 2012
Press Release
In our Project space White Columns is proud to present the first solo exhibition by the Bay Area-based artist Jason Brinkerhoff (b. 1974). For his exhibition Brinkerhoff will present an installation of thirty-eight framed works on paper, hung salon-style. Using blank, antiquarian book pages as their support, Brinkerhoff’s ‘portraits’ – of persons unknown, self-consciously acknowledge – and collide – the multiple ruptures of twentieth century modernism. Through an almost excessive process of research, referencing, citation and adaption, Brinkerhoff’s ahistorical ‘hybrids’, each part drawing-part collage, create an aesthetic dissonance between the past and the present.
White Columns presented Jason Brinkerhoff’s work at the 2011 NADA art fair in Miami, his work was included in ‘Grasping For Relics’ a group show at ZieherSmith, New York (2011) – who also recently hosted ‘Other Bodies’ an exhibition of found photographs drawn from Brinkerhoff’s personal collection.
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Jason Brinkerhoff, Untitled (A faceless figure lies down on an elbow with one knee angled upward.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, Untitled (A figure poses with legs apart and right arm angled upward. The figure is filled in with abstract patterns.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, Untitled (A faceless figure lies down on an elbow. The shape of the figure resembles a figure eight.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, Untitled (Abstract scribbles of graphite and red are central. Text above the scribbles reads: “PERSONS HALF KNOWN.”)
Jason Brinkerhoff, All Square (A faceless figure. Black and white stripes, as well as hues of pink and yellow, fill in the figure.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, Slow Down Time (Red, geometric figure poses with elbows flaring out. Some portions of the figure are shaded in with graphite.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, Untitled (A faceless figure lies down on an elbow with one knee angled upward. Black and white abstractions fill in the figure.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, Untitled (Figure with curves poses on one knee and one hand clasped behind its head. Abstract lines and various colors fill in the figure.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, Untitled (Green line drawing of an abstract figure lying down on an elbow.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, Untitled (A faceless figure poses with legs apart and both hands on its chest. Both elbows jut upward.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, Untitled (A faceless figure lies down on an elbow with one knee angled upward. Indecipherable text and a pink and orange streak fill in the figure.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, Untitled (A boomerang-like shape with five arms/legs is central. Hues of yellow, pink, and blue fill in the shape. A lone, gray oval floats above the boomerang-like shape.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, Untitled (An abstract graphite drawing with curved and straight lines of varying thickness. Some shapes are filled in with graphite.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, Untitled (An abstract graphite drawing with visible smudges. A head with one eye seems to emerge at the top.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, Untitled (A figure with an outline of one eye and no hands or legs. A black and white, polka-dotted brassiere is on the figure’s chest area.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, Untitled (An abstract figure with a red square serving as its head. Stripes of black and white and hues of yellow and blue are also present on the figure.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, Keep Up the Pace (An abstract figure with a black and white face resembling a zebra. A golden circle is at the center while floating, limb-like shapes surround the golden circle.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, Untitled (An abstract, human-like figure with one pink arm and one yellow arm. A red shape is at the heart of the figure, while blue scribbles fill in the head.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, Untitled (Scribbles of graphite are central while a black, head-shaped form floats on top. Three black rectangles with yellow or red streaks float on the right side.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, All I Need is One Night (A faceless figure sits with both feet planted wide apart on the ground.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, Untitled (A colorful, abstract figure. The figure is composed of various geometric shapes.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, Untitled (A figure with no neck, arms, and legs. A black spiral fills in the face while hues of blue, yellow, and pink fill in the torso.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, Untitled (A torso-less figure with two bent knees and one bent elbow. A red shape resembling a “d” is near the center of the figure.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, Untitled (A black and white figure with two eyes and breasts lies down on an elbow with one knee angled upward.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, Relax and Take Notes (A faceless figure with both arms extending upward. Various hues and abstract lines fill in the figure.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, Untitled (A faceless figure sits on its bottom with one elbow resting on a knee.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, Untitled (An amorphous abstraction with a shape resembling a head on top. Various hues fill the body of the figure.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, Untitled (A faceless figure with breasts lies down on an elbow with one knee angled upward.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, Untitled (A faceless figure with breasts lies down on an elbow with one knee extending upward. Lines of baby blue are interspersed with the black outline of the figure.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, You Always Spoke in Complete Sentences (An abstract figure with a yellow spiral at its head. The rest of the figure is composed of various geometric shapes.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, Untitled (A faceless figure with a filled-in head. The rest of the figure is composed of geometric shapes.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, Today’s Agenda (A faceless figure sits with both feet planted wide apart on the ground. Black scribbles fill in the head, torso, and limbs of the figure.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, Untitled (An abstract figure whose limbs and torso create a figure eight.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, Untitled (A shape resembling a profile of a face on the left. Three black rectangles with streaks of pink, blue, and red are clustered to the right. One black shape with a streak of yellow on the bottom right.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, Untitled (A drawing of a bust of a figure composed in two separate parts. The top part depicts the figure’s face and hair; the bottom part depicts the figure’s torso and breasts.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, Untitled (An abstract form with a black, filled in head. Various colors and geometric shapes fill in the rest of the form.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, Untitled (Two faces. The left is a rough, blue line drawing. The right is a more detailed rendering with hollow, black eyes.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, installation view, 2012 (Frontal view of three rows of five artworks each. Each work depicts an abstract, human figure.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, installation view, 2012 (Frontal view of two works that each depict an abstract, human figure.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, installation view, 2012 (Three rows of artworks around a corner of a gallery. Each work depicts an abstract figure.)
Jason Brinkerhoff, installation view, 2012 (Three rows of artworks around a corner of a gallery. Each work depicts an abstract figure.)
