The Incredulity of Jacolby Satterwhite | Art21 "New York Close Up"
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- The Incredulity of Jacolby Satterwhite | Art21 "New York Close Up"
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How do we know what's real?
In the midst of career-marking solo exhibitions at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn and the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia, artist Jacolby Satterwhite contemplates some of the most fundamental questions around the relationship between an artist and the works they create. Referencing both a long running fascination with Renaissance painter Caravaggio's "The Incredulity of Saint Thomas" and his own traumatic experience of surviving childhood cancer, Satterwhite muses that "maybe I've been skeptical of mortality my whole life and I've been making things to make myself witness these objects and say I'm still here."
Satterwhite's videos, sculptures, and 3D animations draw from the visual language of video games and digital technology to create vibrant, swirling worlds that are densely populated with dancing figures, fantastical vehicles, and everyday consumer products. Shown installing his exhibition "You're at home" at Pioneer Works, Satterwhite discusses how his solo process has grown dramatically in scale and evolved to include the production of a music album. Inspired by his mother's own amateur songwriting, the album is performed and installed alongside his sculptures and video work in the exhibition. "You're at home," along with his simultaneous show at the Fabric Workshop and Museum, mark the artist's largest and most ambitious exhibitions to date. While the scope of these shows has allowed Satterwhite to open up his process to a team of collaborators, the resulting work remains deeply personal and meticulously realized. "Art became a form of escapism for me to reroute my personal traumas. But now I think I'm trying to pursue something more present... and trying to get to the core of who I am."
Featuring music by PAT, a musical collaboration between Jacolby Satterwhite and Nick Weiss, inspired by Patricia Satterwhite. Available to stream on Spotify and purchase on Bandcamp.
https://open.spotify.com/album/1q7c9rcun0tHUvHbjIOtT8
https://pioneerworkspress.bandcamp.com/album/love-will-find-a-way-homeAlso featuring the painting "The Incredulity of Saint Thomas" (1601–1602) by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, courtesy Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg, photography by Hans Bach.
Jacolby Satterwhite (b. 1986, Columbia, South Carolina, USA) lives and works in New York, New York. Learn more about the artist at: https://art21.org/artist/jacolby-satterwhite/
CREDITS | Series Producer: Nick Ravich. Director & Editor: Lorena Alvarado. Cinematography: Vicente Cueto. Sound: Lorena Alvarado & Chelsi Bullard. Color Correction: Jerome Thelia. Sound Design & Mix: Gisela Fullà-Silvestre. Design & Graphics: Chips. Assistant Editor: Jasmine Cannon. Artwork & Music Courtesy: Jacolby Satterwhite, Patricia Satterwhite, & Nick Weiss. Archival Photography Courtesy: Carlos Avendaño, Rafael Salazar, & The Fabric Workshop and Museum. Thanks: Hans Bach, Danielle Brock, Cut + Measure, Becky Elmquist, Gabriel Florenz, Alex Laviola, Angelika Neumann, Pioneer Works, & Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg. © Art21, Inc. 2020. All rights reserved.
"New York Close Up" is supported by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts; and, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and by individual contributors.
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- English
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- Art21
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- "New York Close Up" series
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- 08:49
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