Jamie Clyde

Lives and works in Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Artist statement

My work investigates my lived experiences and observations within the collective memory of American society. The messages of my surroundings lay the groundwork for my perceptions and evaluations of cultural behavior. I narrate the consequences of inequality, imbalances of power, consumerist culture, eating animals, mental illness, and what I call my never-ending coming of age. I use humor, comedy, and poetry to formulate the conception. My text fonts, phrases and imagery are derived from the presentations reminiscent of advertising and design. My work takes from the fundamentals of its aesthetics, allowing me to further my examinations of marketing dialogues and monitoring that language, understanding that truth is not an ambition of marketing material; alternatively, motive and subtle suggestions are paramount. What I find interesting is the cognitive hold marketing titans have on us collectively in America. We experience the impacts of their propaganda embedded into our society's paradigms due to our constant exposure to media and advertising vernacular. I extend that examination of language to culture and generational attitudes, looking for roots and revelations in the systems and formulations that hold our principles, doctrines, and philosophies. I deliberately style much of my work with a likeness to the Pop Artist Movement. Because Pop Art investigates concepts and conversations about its society, I use that framework similarly to explore further the topical canon...

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