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Gean Moreno, Wake Up Jacob, 2007 |
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WAKE UP JACOB BY PRINCE ALBERT HUNT’S TEXAS RAMBLERS, 1929 REMIX: GEAN MORENO, WAKE UP JACOB, 2007 Moreno describes his vividly colourful work as "heterotopic landscapes where different, signs, systems and informational lines collide.” Disparate information comes together to form a new whole, mirroring the many heritages and cultures which contributed to the development of this form of music. Moreno clashes the "psychedelic-folksy-quasi-mystical" form that is often associated with Harry Smith with a stark image of the social conditions that surrounded much of the music that was collected in the Anthology. The photograph at the centre of the work is of the Dust Bowl, the catastrophic storms that hit the South West of America in the 1930s. Along with the Depression, the resulting desolate landscapes and unworkable land caused mass migration, epidemics of illness and famine. Gean Moreno is an artist and writer based in Miami, whose visually intricate work includes mixed-media drawings, collages and sculpture. Recent solo shows have included Frederic Snitzer Gallery in Miami, Derek Eller Gallery in New York and Curato Nivel Art Contemporaneo in Bogota. www.sevenseven.com/moreno |
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