Jonathan Barcan

2150 Folsom St #14b ( map )

San Francisco

Media: Printmaking, Painting - Oil, Drawing, Mixed-Media

who ♥'s Jonathan Barcan (6)

Bio: Artist Statement:

The focus of my creative and scholarly attention is to sort out the ways in which people relate to one another. There are 3 distinct states within the human experience that I struggle to reconcile:

1. Mankind as an instinctual animal, directly connected to the earth with all of its’ flora and fauna.
2. Mankind as an evolved, socially conscious being, that must consider both the individual and the community at large.
3. Mankind as a fractured being, whose constant engagement within the sociological environment of virtual technology and mass media inherently separates him/her from their physiology.

I chiefly investigate these themes through the texts of Jean-Paul Sartre and Alan Watts that examine Modern ideas of Phenomenology and Ethics, and also through the texts of Guy Debord that examine Post-Modern ideas of Media Commoditization and Globalization. I am fascinated that today, Mankind exists
somewhere between these three states, which run closely parallel to one another yet seldom overlap.

I address the unresolvability of my beliefs by posing two pivotal questions:

1. Is there any sort of parallel that can be drawn through the pure substance of which human beings are made and the interactions that they have?
2. How is virtual human interaction affecting actual human interaction?

Formally, I draw from the history of visual figuration through such Modern masters as Egon Scheile, Hanneline Rogeberg, William Kentridge, and Nathan Oliveira. In my work, I give myself specific rules that limit material and process within each individual series, as a means for isolating and addressing very specific aspects of my differing philosophical interests.

Bio:

For the past 12 years I have immersed myself in the vibrant San Francisco Bay Area underground creative scene, where I helped to throw arts/music events in both institutional and unconventional art locations. I earned a BFA from San Francisco State University in 2007 and recently in 2011, my MFA from SUNY Buffalo. As a dedicated Painter/Printmaker I have exhibited internationally, including shows in Oakland, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Beijing, Montreal, Toronto, and Florence, Italy.


			Jonathan Barcan Workspace Limited 2150 Folsom St #14b ( map ) San Francisco Media: Printmaking, Painting - Oil, Drawing, Mixed-Media Website: www.jonathanbarcan.com Blog: http://pequalsmv.tumblr.com/ who ♥'s Jonathan Barcan (6) 6 Bio: Artist Statement: The focus of my creative and scholarly attention is to sort out the ways in which people relate to one another. There are 3 distinct states within the human experience that I struggle to reconcile: 1. Mankind as an instinctual animal, directly connected to the earth with all of its’ flora and fauna. 2. Mankind as an evolved, socially conscious being, that must consider both the individual and the community at large. 3. Mankind as a fractured being, whose constant engagement within the sociological environment of virtual technology and mass media inherently separates him/her from their physiology. I chiefly investigate these themes through the texts of Jean-Paul Sartre and Alan Watts that examine Modern ideas of Phenomenology and Ethics, and also through the texts of Guy Debord that examine Post-Modern ideas of Media Commoditization and Globalization. I am fascinated that today, Mankind exists somewhere between these three states, which run closely parallel to one another yet seldom overlap. I address the unresolvability of my beliefs by posing two pivotal questions: 1. Is there any sort of parallel that can be drawn through the pure substance of which human beings are made and the interactions that they have? 2. How is virtual human interaction affecting actual human interaction? Formally, I draw from the history of visual figuration through such Modern masters as Egon Scheile, Hanneline Rogeberg, William Kentridge, and Nathan Oliveira. In my work, I give myself specific rules that limit material and process within each individual series, as a means for isolating and addressing very specific aspects of my differing philosophical interests. Bio: For the past 12 years I have immersed myself in the vibrant San Francisco Bay Area underground creative scene, where I helped to throw arts/music events in both institutional and unconventional art locations. I earned a BFA from San Francisco State University in 2007 and recently in 2011, my MFA from SUNY Buffalo. As a dedicated Painter/Printmaker I have exhibited internationally, including shows in Oakland, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Beijing, Montreal, Toronto, and Florence, Italy.