HOLLYWOOD Series Statement

This series is made from plastic glitter and plastic related materials. The colors are vaguely pointillist, unnatural and intense. The work sparkles under lighting. It is very light in weight, very shallow in depth, fragile and of little physical substance. The vaguely realistic, cartoonish look of the work derives from and refers to animated motion picture imagery.

The series title, HOLLYWOOD, refers to, in combination with the glitter over every surface of each piece, the qualities mentioned above considered with the often mistaken stereotypical, cliché view of the stardom-seeking performer striving for the show business spotlight instead of being seen as a sincere artist seeking professional growth and expression.

Further aesthetic considerations exist in their own realm and are not linear, sequential or even necessarily logical. For me, the work functions on several levels simultaneously without a single dominant, correct interpretation

The artwork is:

1. My expression of an obsessive need to make these objects.
2. Creative exploration in pursuit of new visual experience.
3. The result of an on-going search for a less traditional materials palette.
4. Gut-level reactionary response to Minimalism.
5. A physical expression of my connection to the spirit world.
6. Pro environmental; Anti-materialistic
7. A cultural artifact from a parallel universe.
8. Whimsical and serious at the same time.
9. All of these things, and more.
10. None of these things, and less.

Jeffrey Frisch
2008