PLAYING WITH TIME AND SPACE
A Mughal nawab gestures with the wooden arm of a Hispanic santo. A young 19th-century girl wears cool sneakers. A dashing gentleman in top hat is paired with a Renaissance lace bedecked lady. Armed with what he calls his “image arsenal,” Gerald (Jerry) Barnes’s collages employ painting and a treasure trove of ephemera—old stamps and banknotes, photographs, cutout images, calligraphy—to create scenes transcending cultural and temporal boundaries. Distorted, enlarged, and diminished people and body parts add to the visual delight (or discomfort). Jerry claims there is no intended narrative. Juxtapositions of color and form drive his compositions. You are cordially invited to create stories of your own.
GERALD (JERRY) BARNES, USA
If you are interested in purchasing Jerry’s art, please contact him directly at: barnesinsac@gmail.com (Shipping is additional.)
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