| Cameron Jarvis God Could My Dad Drive a Car!…Whoo! March 20 – May 17 2021 Cameron Jarvis will exhibit works in and outside the gallery, including a new print published with the artist at Pressure Club. 711 W Thompson ST. Philadelphia, PA, 19122 Gallery visits are available by appointment Masks and other COVID-19 safety measures required of visitors “I collect and archive materials and objects that I find on walks in my neighborhood and throughout the city. The specific histories, intended purposes, and basic physical presence of these things point back to the circumstances under which I create my art, and under which the viewer experiences it. I use images and symbols of cars and driving culture to talk about the vast geography of the United States and how built infrastructure determines how we interact with our environments and each other. Collectively, the objects, materials, and images in the gallery create a narrative about my experience moving through the world at this present moment.” – Cameron Jarvis http://www.cameronjarvisart.com/ |
Image is a detail of Cosmic, 2019, Paper, marking paint, oil pastel, marker, string on found vinyl banners, 132 inches x 120 inches Photograph credit: Annie Galloway
I’m Drivin’ The Hell Out of This Truck, 2021
18 x 24″
edition of 22
$135
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“I’m Drivin’ The Hell Out of This Truck!” is a seven color screen print of cars roaring through an intersection, framed by the rising forms of skyscrapers in the background. The title for the print comes from an episode of the Mike Judge cartoon King of The Hill. In the show, Hank Hill’s son Bobby misses out on an all-important rite of passage into manhood (his first deer hunt). In order to make it up to his son, Hank allows Bobby to try driving the family truck. As Bobby takes the wheel he joyously exclaims, “I’m Drivin’ the hell out of this truck!” The cycle is complete as Bobby assumes his place of dominion over the landscape, an inheritance offered to young people coming of age in America.
Online Events
“Making Art During Covid-19” Zoom Conversation with Alexandria Harris and Cameron Jarvis
Saturday, March 27, 2021
In part-one of this conversation series, Alexandria Harris will join me from Chicago via Zoom and we will share conversation about making art during this past year of upheaval. Alexandria is someone who has known me and my art for most of my life, and the perfect conversation partner to connect the events of this past year with the elements of this show. We will discuss the process of living and making art this past year as the Covid-19 pandemic has altered life for us.
“Transforming Space in 2020” Zoom Conversation Alexandria Harris
Saturday, May 1st @ 6PM https://kutztown.zoom.us/j/95631330548
In part-2 of this conversation series, Alexandria Harris and I will discuss some of the many ways public space changed in 2020, and what that has meant for our conceptions of home. As artists with shared interests in how black people move through public space, this past year has given us much to talk about. The Covid-19 Pandemic, Anti-Black police violence and continued systemic racism have continued to impact how we interact with public space. As a result, we have directed renewed energy towards cultivating our domestic spaces, strengthening bonds with family and using digital space to collapse distance.
What follows is documentation of the exhibition, the print, and the process. Thank you.
In part-2 of this conversation series, Alexandria Harris and I will discuss some of the many ways public space changed in 2020, and what that has meant for our conceptions of home. As artists with shared interests in how black people move through public space, this past year has given us much to talk about. The Covid-19 Pandemic, Anti-Black police violence and continued systemic racism have continued to impact how we interact with public space. As a result, we have directed renewed energy towards cultivating our domestic spaces, strengthening bonds with family and using digital space to collapse distance.
Pressure Club 