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Paradigm Shift
by Jessica Snow

ARTIST STATEMENT

How does the mind engage with abstract painting? This is a question which has interested me as long as I have been painting, I see painting functioning as a psychic screen, onto which consciousness is projected. This outward projection constitutes a self-organizing map, and in this it becomes a “representation” of selfhood. A painting is a diagram of subjectivity which interacts with the viewer, and through its outward projection of meaning becomes organized as a subject.

Each of my paintings expresses a new possibility, an opening into a new direction where meaning is continually at play and in flux. The most interesting pieces are those in which something has been left unresolved; its reason for being has not been entirely spelled out for the viewer or even for the artist. In the painting’s openness it becomes a reflection of the self; the meaning of the painting unfolds in its unspoken dialogue with the viewer.

Memory filters through the imagination; visual and emotional memory. Cities seen, love’s body, nature’s bittersweet dawning. These fleeting moments constitute the wonder of the world. Much like a city is a structural diagram of human history, a painting could be conceived as a structural diagram of the human psyche. Like cities and dreams, the internal logic (or non-logic) of painting is structured upon absurd rules and deceitful perspectives. In my work, receding spaces suddenly abut against flat planes; geometric stability is overthrown as are sensical spatial relationships. Much like the human psyche, contradictions are usually left unresolved.

Calmness and chaos hang in the balance in my paintings, and it is this balance which usually determines the success of the work. It is in this state of simultaneously held oppositions that we can discover for a moment that ever-elusive enigma of self-hood.

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Paradigm Shift

by Jessica Snow

archival pigment print
available framed

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    • 11"x8.5" 24
      Add frame 135
      • Black Frame 135
      • White Frame, recommended 135
    • 22"x17" 240
      Add frame 510
      • Black Frame 510
      • White Frame, recommended 510
    • 40"x30" 2400
      Add frame 3200
      • Black Frame 3200
      • White Frame, recommended 3200

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ADDITIONAL PRINT INFORMATION

  • Limited-edition, exclusive to 20x200
  • Museum quality: archival inks, 100% cotton rag paper
  • Artist-signed + numbered certificate of authenticity included
  • Directly supports the artist
  • Available framed or print only

These prints are created using archival pigment inks on 100% cotton rag paper with a matte finish.

The original painting is acrylic on paper, measures 18″ × 22″, and is available for purchase. Please contact collector@20x200.com for more information.

Our quoted dimensions are for the size of paper containing the images, not the printed image itself. We do not alter the aspect ratio, nor do we crop or resize the artists’ originals. All of our prints have a minimum border of .5 inches to allow for framing.

We recommend a custom frame in white solid wood with UV protected plexiglass and floated on a white archival mat. Please note: Framed art may take up to 4 weeks to ship. Available for U.S. orders only.

  • 11"x8.5" print offered in 14"x16.5" frame (3/4” front profile x 1 1/4” side profile)
  • 22"x17" print offered in 22.5"x27.5" frame (3/4” front profile x 1 1/4” side profile)
  • 40"x30" print is dry mounted and framed to the image (3/4” front profile x 2” side profile), with spacers and enhanced UV plexi glass

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All of our prints have a minimum border of .25 inches to allow for framing. We do not alter the aspect ratio, crop or resize the artists' originals—quoted dimensions are for the size of paper containing the image, not the printed image itself. For exact image sizes and more helpful info, view our framing guides: