ART / EXPRESSION / EXPERIENCE
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…Nature
is not only all that is visible to the eye.. it also
includes the inner pictures of the soul.
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Jason Mernick
Original Metal Artwork
METAL ART
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Collection I
Original Metal Art - copper, stainless, and brass
by Jason Mernick
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Collection II
Original Metal Art - copper, stainless, and brass
by Jason Mernick
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Collection III
Original Metal Art - copper, stainless, and brass
by Jason Mernick
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Collection IV
Original Metal Art - copper, stainless, and brass
by Jason Mernick
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Jason
Mernick
FINE METAL ART
Biography
Born:
United States of America 1966
Jason has
been sculpting metal in California for several years. His
dedication to the art has given him the opportunity to create
metal sculptures in many different themes. Jason’s work,
including commissions, ranges from small wall hangings to
monumental sized outdoor sculptures.
Jason 2004
Interview: "I like to work everything extremely hot with a
torch. I like the element of danger associated with making my
art. If I am not paying complete attention while I am creating
my art I might get hurt. In my opinion my work is the art of
danger."
Artist Statement
For
centuries, heat has been used to extract metal from natural
elements. Jason Mernick has pioneered an exciting new art form,
using heat to draw natural elements from metal.
Brandishing fire the way artists traditionally use paint,
Mernick torches cold, rigid sheet metal into warm, fluid forms.
Stainless steel, copper and aluminum are transformed into suns
and ferns, trees and flowing geometric designs. Mernick’s fine
contemporary metal wall art dazzles the mind and sparks the
imagination.
Mernick
makes his home in California with his wife and young son. The
passion to pursue his artistic vision intensified following
Mernick’s tragic loss of both parents within a one-month period.
He began to work with a renewed sense of dedication,
participating in the New York Artexpo SOLO, a venue to which he
attributes his growing success. He sold out at each exhibit,
three years in a row.
While each
piece he creates is unique by virtue of its being an original,
its distinctiveness is further enhanced by its capacity for
change. Mernick’s one-of-a-kind “pop” originals are interactive,
allowing the collector to collaborate in the artistic process,
by bending the pop-out designs in countless, changeable ways.
“My art is like improvisational jazz in that you can’t really
predict the next note,” he observes.
Equally
unpredictable is the element of danger associated with the
production of each piece. Mernick’s studio is located in a
rustic setting. The calming influences of nature found outside
are reflected in his gleaming art. Inside however, his workspace
is more reminiscent of an active volcano. There he expertly
employs a welder’s torch of the variety used on offshore oil
rigs, bridges and skyscrapers. Working under the most extreme
conditions, fire, sparks and noise all play a part in his
artistic process as he cuts and colors the metal using intense
heat. The high temperatures cause the metal to undulate, thus
creating organic shapes with fluid lines and gleaming patinas,
protected by powder coating.
Mernick’s
art is currently in numerous important galleries and collections
in the USA, Canada and abroad. Sizable commissions include The
Rochester Technology Park (the former Kodak world Headquarters)
in New York State and at Harrah’s Casino in Chicago. His
custom-designed originals range in scale from the small to the
monumental, suitable for outdoor installation. Jason Mernick’s
bold and innovative works not only withstand time and the
elements, they embody them.
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