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May 08, 2008
Art Rock: Mike Keirstead's "The Jam Part I: A History"
Have you ever wondered what would have happened if 19th century French Neo-Impressionist painter Georges-Pierre Seurat listened to Jimi Hendrix on repeat for years on end? Of course you have… who hasn’t? At first I thought the result of this experiment would look exactly like this…
"man, you ever think the world is just made up of small colored dots?"
But it has come to my attention that is has been scientifically suggested that:
As this sound mathematical equation shows, Seurat + Axis: Bold of Love = Canadian artist Michael Keirstead’s magnum opus, The Jam Part I: A History.
While it took Seurat two years to dot his way through his 10ft wide painting Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte , it took Keirstead five years to complete the 113 stippled portraits in his 8ft work. Keirstead used the meticulous technique of stippling in which the artist uses small dots to create the effect of shading instead of using lines or blotches of paint. The delicate and painstaking process proves the gravity in which Keirstead viewed his work.
The musicians that are touching have collaborated while the head size and placement of each musician is a result of Keirstead’s own personal musical cannon of rock n’ roll lineage. It has been rumored that the original work of art was purchased by one of the Beatles. Though I'm not completely sure which Beatle's estate owns this work the fact that John's head is three times the size of McCartney's may narrow it down a bit. The good news for Pete Best and the rest of us is that you don't have to be a Beatle to own this piece of art since a newly established Philadelphia marketing group is now selling the poster.
// to purchase or view close-ups of The Jam Poster
Posted by Yonah Korngold at May 8, 2008 05:46 PM
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Music within art...always a plus. Thanks Yonah.
Posted by: Kelli at May 8, 2008 07:46 PM
Couldn't Jim Morrison's head be bigger?
Posted by: Randall Monty at May 8, 2008 10:12 PM
That actually was a case of gigantism. Nothing to do with the piece of art.
Posted by: Yonah at May 9, 2008 12:31 AM
