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Jacob Salzer

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My work is an exploration of the practice of noticing. As an artist I give attention to subjects of my everyday life, such as a conversation between two people, a surface that I’ve walked over hundreds of times, or an exploration of relationships that give me a sense of self.

Recently, autobiography has become more important in my work. I engage with and make work about my lived experiences through painting, found sculpture, printmaking, and collage. My piece Box for Prints is a sculptural painting of a hole in the wall at a public transport spot in Boston. The work has a booklet attached to the front to display monoprints, and a space in the center to give the viewer a section to peer into with different writings and scraps of art inside. Using different forms, materials, and sources I create narratives that are built through the process of making, while staying true to my own observations and feelings. 

I’m interested in how an image or object can hold meaning yet change based on its context. A crushed beer can inherently hold no value, but it does in art. I have chosen to paint something that I’ve owned for the majority of my life, a special gift from someone, or something as ephemeral as a receipt from a fun night out. Sometimes I incorporate things that hold no meaning at all. I like combining visual elements that have personal significance alongside those which might appear intimate but actually give the viewer an opportunity to enter the work through their own associations. 

I use the same approach with symbols, both painted and constructed. Some symbols I return to include the Rummikub smiley face, and the wooden apple box that once belonged to my father. Their repetition implies importance within the work, while offering no resolution. 

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