Jeremy Shaw – Strobe Count
September 21st – November 13th, 2021
Viewing Room
Macaulay and Co. Fine Art is pleased to present Strobe Count; an exhibition of photo-based works by Jeremy Shaw that further his investigation into areas of altered states and belief. In the main gallery hangs Towards Universal Pattern Recognition (2016-21), a series of archival documentary photographs that feature subjects experiencing presumed states of spiritual, somatic, hedonistic or technological ecstasy. The photographs are framed under precisely faceted picture lenses, designed by Shaw to create multiple refracted images of a specific element within the picture. This mediation of the presented image not only appears to approximate the altered state of consciousness of the photographic subject(s), it heightens an awareness of the perspectives of the camera, the beliefs or values of the original photographer and the viewer of the artwork; they are brought into relation around the very notion of capture, witnessing, authenticity and representability.
The documentary subjects depicted in the Cathartic Illustration (2021) silk screen prints also appear to be experiencing an excessive altered state. Here, the source photographs have been refracted in-camera through various effect lenses in the process of reshooting, skewing the subjects poses and proportions to illustrate a subjective experience upon which one can only speculate. The mediation of historical images by analog means (no digital manipulation) in the tactile medium of silkscreen further obscures their date of production in a manner akin to Shaw’s filmic works. Although created in a medium that is effective for wide distribution and imagery derived from the series covers a full gallery wall, each Cathartic Illustration is unique.
Available Work
Jeremy Shaw, TOWARDS UNIVERSAL PATTERN RECOGNITION (DANCE MARATHON - 6 HOURS STILL TO GO. STAMFORD CATHOLIC H.S. SATURDAY MARCH 18, 1985), 2021, ARCHIVAL PHOTO, ACRYLIC, CHROME 42,5 X 37,4 X 16 CM
Jeremy Shaw, TOWARDS UNIVERSAL PATTERN RECOGNITION (YOGA FLAT 1978), 2019, ARCHIVAL PHOTO, ACRYLIC, CHROME 38.3 X 43 X 16 CM
Jeremy Shaw, TOWARDS UNIVERSAL PATTERN RECOGNITION (BRAIN CLUB. WARDOUR ST. 17/2/92), 2021, ARCHIVAL PHOTO, ACRYLIC, CHROME 46,8 X 38,1 X 16 CM
Jeremy Shaw, TOWARDS UNIVERSAL PATTERN RECOGNITION (GREENBELT FESTIVAL, “FAITH AND FEELINGS”. 29/8/94), 2021, ARCHIVAL PHOTO, ACRYLIC, CHROME 47,6 X 37,4 X 16 CM
TOWARDS UNIVERSAL PATTERN RECOGNITION (NOV 1988. PICTURE LIBRARY NA149.677), 2021, ARCHIVAL PHOTO, ACRYLIC, CHROME 38,1 X 46,8 X 16 CM
TOWARDS UNIVERSAL PATTERN RECOGNITION (YOGA COBRA, 1965), 2019, ARCHIVAL PHOTO, ACRYLIC, CHROME 47,6 X 37,4 X 16 CM
Jeremy Shaw, TOWARDS UNIVERSAL PATTERN RECOGNITION (GLORIA MORIN. LADY NEWS. VIRGIN MARY SAN JUAN DE LOS LAGOS CHURCH, 7-30-84), 2021, ARCHIVAL PHOTO, ACRYLIC, CHROME 37,5 X 42,5 X 16 CM
Jeremy Shaw, TOWARDS UNIVERSAL PATTERN RECOGNITION (Hypnosis Picayune Mississippi OCT 17 1971), 2021, ARCHIVAL PHOTO, ACRYLIC, CHROME 40 x 35 x 16 CM
CATHARTIC ILLUSTRATION (NEW COVENANT A, L/4), 2021, SCREEN PRINT, SILVER-GILDED FRAME, 64 X 44 X 3 CM
Jeremy Shaw, CATHARTIC ILLUSTRATION (BUSINESSMEN’S FELLOWSHIP, D/1), 2021, SCREEN PRINT, SILVER-GILDED FRAME, 79.5 X 54.5 X 3 CM
Jeremy Shaw, CATHARTIC ILLUSTRATION (IMPASSIONED SERMON R D3), 2021, SCREEN PRINT, SILVER-GILDED FRAME, 79.5 X 54.5 X 3 CM
Jeremy Shaw, CATHARTIC ILLUSTRATION (EMOTIONAL AUDIENCE, L2), 2021, SCREEN PRINT, SILVER-GILDED FRAME, 79.5 X 54.5 X 3 CM
Jeremy Shaw, Unseen Potential (Psilocybe Utopia, a.1), 2021 Kirlian photograph, framed 26.6 x 20.7 x 2”
Jeremy Shaw, Unseen Potential (Psilocybe Tampanesis,a.1), 2021 Kirlian photograph, framed 26.6 x 20.7 x 2”
Jeremy Shaw, Unseen Potential (Psilocybe San Pedro,a.1), 2021 Kirlian photograph, framed 26.6 x 20.7 x 2”