Welcome to our studios, Jacob Broussard! Jacob Broussard (American, b. 1992) I have always struggled with a constant critique and defense of the territory of home and my place within my surroundings. What is it about home that gives one a sense of camaraderie? My work addresses the representations of white southern masculinity from my upbringing, often defining who and what I am. There is an attempt to paint from a southern vernacular: a temperamental language, which is preoccupied with asking questions rather than giving answers. These works expand upon and examine the Rite of Passage between boy to man, the significance it holds within southern masculinity, and the cathartic confrontation of self through the act of painting. Consequently, there is a natural curiosity to look under the skin of what is immediately visible, examining the correlation between the tangible nature of painting itself and where my practice is situated in this core of identity, appropriating the figure as a pentimento – a remnant of an exploration.
Posted on: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 17:07:31 +0000
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