Jonathon Downing – BOOOOOOOM! – CREATE * INSPIRE * COMMUNITY * ART * DESIGN * MUSIC * FILM * PHOTO * PROJECTS
Primarily based close to Detroit, Michigan, artist Jonathon Downing merges his loves of basketball and classical determine portray within the creation of his uncanny portraits. Concurrently grand and intimate, Downing’s singular aesthetic stems from his background in photograph montage. He depicts his topics—uncanny fusions of varied portraits—draped within the jerseys of their favourite gamers, exploring themes of grandeur, perseverance, and the connection between idol and idolizer.
“My work purpose to depict topics which might be concurrently monstrous amalgamations of portraiture and trustworthy, advanced readings of individuals,” Downing explains. “These topics are naturally seen because the idolizer, however upon nearer inspection, might be seen as mirror photos of the idols themselves, adapting elements of the latter in the hunt for a singular identification. It’s by way of this relationship, my course of, and the aesthetics I curate, that my work permit for brand new conversations to be made about an age-old sport.”
A collection of these photos are on view by way of September as a part of Downing’s debut solo present, ‘Countryside Jumpshot,’ curated by League OTO, at NYCH Gallery, Chicago.
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