Sarah Jamison
March 2-31, 2018
Ubiquitous
Sarah Jamison considers the internet to be a unique vessel for culture to exist, evolve and be archived simultaneously. In this digital space, information intertwines in such a way that we often have little separation between current events, internet vernacular, memes and humorous content, celebrity gossip, images, and fact and fiction. We contribute to and consume this content in an unending loop – interacting instantaneously with endless information is unprecedented in our history; and yet, it is our societal norm.
These intersections have inspired Sarah’s current body of work, which investigates the constant feed of images and data through digital devices. It is her belief that through our perpetual media engagement, there is a universal language where everything from cat videos to Kim Kardashian “Breaking the Internet” is immediately understood. She seeks to reorganize and reinterpret these images, selecting a variety of recognizable or notorious images and phrases and reassembles them to create a homogenous piece. Sarah carefully renders these drawings in colored pencil at the exact size of an iPhone screen, juxtaposing the traditional fine art media against the pop culture imagery. Sarah’s intention is to create artwork that is at once spontaneous and serious, vapid and complex, emulating our culture’s relationship with social media down to the last detail. In her artwork, she hopes to blur the lines of “high” and “low” art – to marry unconventional themes with traditional practice. Sarah wants to create pieces that are both snapshots of and commentary on our culture, presented in a way that allows the viewer to consider familiar concepts through a new lens.
Originally from small town Virginia, Sarah moved to Washington, DC in 2006 to attend the Corcoran College of Art + Design where she graduated with her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2010. She continues to live and create in the nation’s capital.. Sarah is a member of the DCAC Artists Collective, Sparkplug.
