Gail Thacker and 24 Bond Arts Center Present

Jake Borndal
IDKxIDKTOMBSTONE
24 Bond Arts Center,  is pleased to  present sculptor Jake Borndal’s ink and cured-glue relief in Gene’s Windo’ at Gene Frankel Theatre, from Jan. 5–28. Closing Reception: Jan. 27, 6:30pm
​Jan 5-28, 2024

Closing Reception Jan 27th 6:30pm

Address: Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond St, New York, NY 10012
for information: 917-841-7567
Jake Borndal’s practice explores narratively-encumbered objects, giving equal weight to the physical turf and psychic space taken up by the viewer, as mediated by sculptural environments and the visible changes that unfold when moving through them. While internal logic directs the work’s layered meanings, as a maker, he is drawn to stable, concrete forms and experiences. From often unassuming means, objects develop while experimenting in the studio with processes and materials. A recent series takes its points of departure from chairs and bugs: a classic anthropocentric theme inverted by invertebrate sitters, the idea of sculpture-as-glue-trap, and the artist’s self-direction to “sit down.” Assembled onto cast and found armatures, the works are molded from puddles of cured glue, whose saturated colors come from recycled printer cartridge ink—the same material that brings digital forms of images and language into the physical world. The resulting sculptures are purposefully ambiguous and associative, mirroring the unstable nature of language. Borndal’s current work continues to braid concepts, gestures, and hand-built techniques into forms that give presence to unseen energies.
Jake Borndal
Medium: Ink and cured glue
Title: IdkxIdktombstone 
Year: 2023
Measurement: 92" x 30"

Lighting design: Vadim Ledvin 
Curation: Gail Thacker 

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