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Jason Urban at Big Medium (Austin, TX)
(above: Jason Urban, Sunrise Sticks, Digital Print on Paper mounted to Poplar, 1″x2″x6′ each (40 pcs.), 2009)
Desktop Mountaintop
New works by Jason Urban
Big Medium
May 7 – May 29th, 2010
Opening Reception: Friday, May 7th, 8-11pm
Big Medium
5305 Bolm Rd #12
Austin, TX 78721
www.bigmedium.org
info@bigmedium.org
512-385-1670
Hours: Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri, 10-4pm or by appointment
Please join Big Medium for Jason Urban’s, Desktop Mountaintop, a sculptural printworks exhibition that underscores an ambiguous relationship between three-dimensional objects and two-dimensional images. By adhering digital output to wood and cardboard units, Urban creates piles and stacks that reveal pictures when viewed in their entirety. His influences range from camouflage and op-art to minimalist sculpture and games of skill (like Jenga, Tetris, and pick-up sticks). Urban uses traditional (even cliche) motifs, such as sunsets and mountaintops, and reinterprets them through a series of digital filters to present them in a new context.
Jason Urban, Mountaintop, Digital Print on Paper mounted to cardboard boxes, 2010
Jason Urban is an artist/writer/designer/curator/teacher living and working in Austin, TX. Originally from Northeastern Pennsylvania, Urban earned his BFA from Kutztown University in Kutztown, PA and then his MA and MFA from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA. His prints, drawings, paintings and installations have been featured in numerous venues both nationally and internationally.
Urban is also co-founder and contributor of http://printeresting.org: “the thinking person’s favorite online resource for interesting printmaking miscellany.” You can read his posts for Printeresting.org HERE.
Currently, Urban teaches Printmaking and Foundations Drawing at the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to his current appointment, he was Assistant Professor of Art at Southern Illinois University Carbondale where he was head of the printmaking area. Additionally, Urban taught at a number of schools in the Mid-Atlantic region including Tyler School of Art (Temple University), Maryland Institute College of Art, Hussian School of Art, Goucher College, and Bucknell University.
For more information on Jason Urban, go to http://www.jasonurban.com/
