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Jakob Fioole
the takeover
Inspired by: Robert Adams, Bulldozed Slash
oil on linen
27.5″ x 31.5″
2023
My painting is set in a time where nature only exists as a picture on a billboard, but it looks like it is about to overcome and reclaim the structures and buildings of our cities. This work is a response to Bulldozed Slash, a photograph by Robert Adams, which documents the American landscape and its change over time. Showing humanity’s imprint and nature’s resilience, it fascinates me how it depicts chaos and decay in a beautiful way, suggesting fear as well as hope. Most photographs make you think about the past, they make you wonder what was going on at the moment it was taken. Adams’ photo has this quality, but it inevitably makes you think about the future as well. In this painting I’ve tried to portray a moment of change.
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Jakob Fioole
oops
Inspired by: Charles “Teenie” Harris, Cotton Candy Booth Adriaen van Otade, Company in a Tavern
oil on linen
10″ x 8″
2024
Both works I’m responding to show settings from everyday life. People in a scene where food or drink plays a central, joyful role, making it feel familiar. It inspired me to use food as a disarming layer in my own painting.
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Jakob Fioole
Amerika
oil paint on linen
43″ x 63″
2020
Everyone’s a stranger here. In this place I’ve never been before but it feels so familiar. We have come from different locations to meet here briefly and continue onto diverse and unique destinations. Tomorrow there will be other travelers. It’s not only the people that come together, day in day out. My fascinations about the U.S. have gathered in this place as well. A country that is not anyone’s but has always felt familiar to so many. It’s fascinating, if you care to see it. I just like to be here, and watch.
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Jakob Fioole
We Will Be Here, For Ever and Ever
oil on linen
43″ x 59″
$9,000 (sold)
2020
We will be here, for ever and ever. The title and painting itself relate to many people who for whatever reason left home and came to America, like myself. Today’s world is filled with stories about generations starting over and all the experiences, good and bad, that come with that. I am fascinated by this complex process that is always in motion. An observer myself, I invite viewers to take in this painting and construct their own story. Who are these characters and what are they trying to do? Is this place being built or deconstructed? What is going on?
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