Wonder Fair (803 Massachusetts in Lawrence, KS) presents “The Art of Pre Sense Form,” a solo exhibition by Lawrence-based artist and designer Jeffery Isom. The opening reception for the show is this Saturday, September 19 from 6-9 pm and will be on display through October 4.
Artist Statement:
Pre Sense Form is the visual communication identity of Jeffrey Isom.
Between World War I and World War II the demand for change and the search for a new aesthetic created groups of like minded creative people — Modernists. This period in time marked a significant shift in how art, design, and architecture would impact and influence the world.
Isoms’ approach and work as an artist, designer and typographer is significantly rooted in and influenced by the Modernist Movement (from 1920 through 1965), specifically that of Switzerland, Germany, and Soviet Russia — With additional influences coming from the Bauhaus style (1919-1933). He draws continuous inspiration from the teachings and work of such masters as Josef Albers, Herbert Bayer, Walter Gropius, Johannes Itten, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, El Lissitzky, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Josef Muller-Brockman, Jan Tschichold, and especially that of Max Bill.
The original art Isom has created for this show reflects the direct influences of some of the foundations of the Modernist Movement — Constructivism and Concrete Art. However, the media he has chosen to use introduces a more contemporary presence to the work, thus creating a bridge from the beginning of the Modernist Movement to that of the present. Such media includes; fluorescent, flat, and metallic spray paint / cosmetic make-up / along with more traditional medias such as acrylic paint, watercolor, markers, graphite and colored pencils.
See more work by Pre Sense Form here
posted by: Brent Carter
Tags: art, design, drawings, gallery opening, paintings, wonder fair
