Jessica Hess - "The Chaos Aesthetic"
Hashimoto Contemporary is pleased to present The Chaos Aesthetic, a solo exhibition by Oakland-based artist Jessica Hess. The new body of work explores abstraction of architecture and the landscape through decay, rendered in oil on canvas.
Working from meticulously shot reference images the artist takes while exploring each location, Hess augments each composition adding and subtracting textures, plant life and objects to create hyperreal scenes of dilapidated yet beautiful locales. Hess takes the viewer on a journey to remote and often inaccessible, crumbling spaces in flux. The delineation between indoor and outdoor spaces become ambiguous and disorienting, interrupted by decaying structures, colorful graffiti and natural interjection.
Imbued with the acknowledgment that each subject is ephemeral and shifting, Hess presents graffiti laced landscapes as “unconventional museums showcasing dense collections of street art and graffiti” akin to eighteenth and nineteenth century salon and gallery paintings. The inclusion of the artist’s “anonymous collaborators”, be it nature, architecture or graffiti writers, preserves and reveres the chaotic.
Collector's preview now available, please email us at sf@hashimotocontemporary.com to inquire.
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Jessica Hess, Break Free, 2019
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Jessica Hess, Knee Deep II, 2019
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Jessica Hess, Murphy Ranch III, 2019
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Jessica Hess, Can't Get There From Here I, 2019
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Jessica Hess, Can't Get There From Here II, 2019
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Jessica Hess, Uneven Surfaces, 2019
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Jessica Hess, Hard Hat Area, 2019
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Jessica Hess, Bricks'n'Bricks, 2019
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Jessica Hess, Sweeney Ridge IV, 2019
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Jessica Hess, Green Crumbs, 2019
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Jessica Hess, Hide & Seek II, 2019
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Jessica Hess, Hide & Seek IV, 2019
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Jessica Hess, Hide & Seek VI, 2019
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Jessica Hess, Hide & Seek I, 2019
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Jessica Hess, Hide & Seek III, 2019
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Jessica Hess, Hide & Seek V, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO - Hashimoto Contemporary is pleased to present The Chaos Aesthetic, a solo exhibition by Oakland-based artist Jessica Hess. The new body of work explores abstraction of architecture and the landscape through decay, rendered in oil on canvas.
Working from meticulously shot reference images the artist takes while exploring each location, Hess augments each composition adding and subtracting textures, plant life and objects to create hyperreal scenes of dilapidated yet beautiful locales. Hess takes the viewer on a journey to remote and often inaccessible, crumbling spaces in flux. The delineation between indoor and outdoor spaces become ambiguous and disorienting, interrupted by decaying structures, colorful graffiti and natural interjection.
Imbued with the acknowledgment that each subject is ephemeral and shifting, Hess presents graffiti laced landscapes as “unconventional museums showcasing dense collections of street art and graffiti” akin to eighteenth and nineteenth century salon and gallery paintings. The inclusion of the artist’s “anonymous collaborators”, be it nature, architecture or graffiti writers, preserves and reveres the chaotic.
Please join us for The Chaos Aesthetic, opening May 4th with an evening reception from 6pm - 9pm where the artist will be in attendance. The exhibition will be on view through May 25th. For more information, additional images, or exclusive content, please email us at info@hashimotocontemporary.com
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