tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29712953.post115923805859634100..comments2023-09-07T09:38:00.582-04:00Comments on Pittsburgh, Youngstown, Akron, Cleveland Arts And Livable City Blog: Kate Temple / Pittsburgh Alumni OpeningJohn Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11099009144603936211noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29712953.post-1159325796856489342006-09-26T22:56:00.000-04:002006-09-26T22:56:00.000-04:00Yes, Jason lives in NY, but is from Pittsburgh an...Yes, Jason lives in NY, but is from Pittsburgh and went to Pitt. <BR/>His work is pretty hard to pin down or quantify. These are pages from his "sketch book" of ideas. Many are the raw beginigs of painting ideas. His large works evoke the same kind of disconnected strangeness-- Juxpositions of pop culture, art history and kitch. A lot of them are awsome. <BR/><BR/>Szalla knows Paul Brainard's work and they share a kind certain post modern thing-- atraction to consumerism vs, hatred of it vs, guilt over it vs, search for truth vs, knowing it aint to be found.John Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11099009144603936211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29712953.post-1159310581198841332006-09-26T18:43:00.000-04:002006-09-26T18:43:00.000-04:00Jason Szalla - Experimental DrawingsJason Szalla - Experimental DrawingsSusan Constansehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12020412045368974973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29712953.post-1159276859030442872006-09-26T09:20:00.000-04:002006-09-26T09:20:00.000-04:00Congratulations on a good crowd and a fine opening...Congratulations on a good crowd and a fine opening!<BR/><BR/>There was a tiny drawing/collage that really struck me - two figures cut from one sheet of paper that was placed on another, slightly different colored/textured (lined?) page, with a couch drawn on the second sheet, upon which one of the negative figures was sitting. . . It was quite nice.<BR/><BR/>There was a lot of great stuff, but that was the piece I "took away" from the show.Marc Snyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03913091392879004796noreply@blogger.com