Paul Jacobsen

UNTITLED 1

Charocal on paper

185 x 125 cm

2019

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The movement of the black flag fluttering in the wind, drawn with charcoal, is picked up by the freely swinging paper.

Paul Jacobsen

Paul Jacobsen, who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York, was an assistant for Jeff Koons, Sean Scully, and Rudolph Stingel. In his series "Studies in Movements," he addresses the black flag, which is considered an authoritarian symbol representing the absence or resistance to a nation state. The artist has an increasingly critical view towards politics. Even though society is far from egalitarian, Jacobsen believes that a new, dark, chapter has recently begun in America's history, which is expressed through his video work in addition to his charcoal drawings. In Jacobsen's current works, the artist focuses on the motif of flags, the fabric abstracted into a distinctive, dark shape that seems to wave in the wind. Symbolically, Paul Jacobsen's works address the loss of values and the accompanying dwindling charisma of the national flag. His works on paper prove to be both a provocation and a haunting memorial.

1976

Born in Denver, USA

2001 - 2004

Painter for Jeff Koons, Manhattan, New York, USA

2003

Artist Assistant for Sean Scully, Manhattan, New York, USA

2006

Painter and assistant for Rudolf Stingel

lives and works in Brooklyn, New York, USA

2008

„Badlands: New Horizon in Landscape“, Denise Markonish, Cambridge: MIT Press

2013

„Paul Jacobsen: Orgone“, Denver: David B. Smith Gallery
„Village“, GALERIE VON&VON, Nuremberg

2021

Chris Hartman,  Upstate Diary, Fall

2019

Ambrose Martos, “Paul Jacobsen Building and Burning” Jugular Magazine

2016

London, Monica "Nel Nido Del Gufo", Elle Decor Italia, May
Paglia, Michael “2015 Top Tens”, art ltd., January

2012

Wilder Quarterly, „Opening Ceremony New News: Inside Paul Jacobsen‘s Brooklyn Cabin”, 22.08.2012
Denver Post, „Denver‘s David B. Smith Gallery seizes the moment”, Ray Mark Rinaldi, 19.08.2012

2011

Artlog „Paul Jacobsen Pursuing a Utopian Apocalypse” Grace Yvette Gemmell, 2011
Huffington Post, „Jacobsen’s Counter and Culture”, Alexander Adler, 2011

2008

ArtInfo: Margery Gordon, 05.12.2008, Titelbild: Metaphorical Investigation of Metaphysical Reunion 300 × 185 cm, Öl auf Leinwand, 2008 Paul Jacobsen

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