Eulogy
July 29 – September 11, 2021
Aspect/Ratio Projects is pleased to present Eulogy, a show with Jovan C. Speller.
Eulogy is a mixed media series by artist Jovan C. Speller that documents the artist’s notions of reincarnation. The works represented in this series are materializations of distant recollections of a past life - accepting the unreliability of memory itself, and exploring the myths that remain instead. With this body of work Speller reflects on memory and the transient nature of consciousness. Eulogy considers the process of reincarnation as a passage and depicts a body as it transitions from one life to the next. The departure and the arrival. This series, which includes photographs, resin encased images and artifacts, and mixed media works reference cinematic imagery and elements of visual story mapping to document a metamorphosis.
Bury Me Within, 2021
archival photograph
22 x 22 in 55.9 x 55.9 cm
archival photograph
22 x 22 in 55.9 x 55.9 cm
Passage and Transformation, 2021
fiber print on archival photograph
24 x 22 in 61 x 55.9 cm
fiber print on archival photograph
24 x 22 in 61 x 55.9 cm
Departure, 2021
archival photograph
part of a triptych
22 x 22 in 55.9 x 55.9 cm
archival photograph
part of a triptych
22 x 22 in 55.9 x 55.9 cm
Departure, 2021
fiber print on archival photograph
part of a triptych
22 x 22 in 55.9 x 55.9 cm
fiber print on archival photograph
part of a triptych
22 x 22 in 55.9 x 55.9 cm
Rise or Fall, 2021
archival photographs
8 x 24 in 20.3 x 61 cm overall
triptych
archival photographs
8 x 24 in 20.3 x 61 cm overall
triptych
Artifacts, 2021
silver gelatin photographs, transparency prints, sand and cotton plant in resin
9.5 x 9.5 x 2 in 24.1 x 24.1 x 5.1 cm
silver gelatin photographs, transparency prints, sand and cotton plant in resin
9.5 x 9.5 x 2 in 24.1 x 24.1 x 5.1 cm
Nesting Stage, 2021
abandoned bird’s nest, color photograph, resin
6 x 12 in 15.2 x 30.5 cm
abandoned bird’s nest, color photograph, resin
6 x 12 in 15.2 x 30.5 cm
Homefront, 2021
tree bark, photograph, resin
10 x 8 in 25.4 x 20.3 cm
tree bark, photograph, resin
10 x 8 in 25.4 x 20.3 cm
Start and End, 2021
latex paint, cotton plant, sand, color photograph, resin
triptych
18 x 18 in 45.7 x 45.7 cm
latex paint, cotton plant, sand, color photograph, resin
triptych
18 x 18 in 45.7 x 45.7 cm
I Dreamt of a Gifted Coffin, 2021
vegetable oil and wood ash on paper
31 x 80.75 in 78.7 x 205.1 cm
vegetable oil and wood ash on paper
31 x 80.75 in 78.7 x 205.1 cm
I sat there, Unafraid of the coming night, 2021
latex paint, transparency print, resin on
wood panel
diptych
24 x 48 in 61 x 121.9 cm
latex paint, transparency print, resin on
wood panel
diptych
24 x 48 in 61 x 121.9 cm
Carry Me, 2021
archival photograph
22 x 22 in 55.9 x 55.9 cm
archival photograph
22 x 22 in 55.9 x 55.9 cm
The Body Remained, 2021
fiber print on archival photograph
24 x 22 in 61 x 55.9 cm
fiber print on archival photograph
24 x 22 in 61 x 55.9 cm
Standing in what was and is, 2021
archival photograph
22 x 22 in 55.9 x 55.9 cm
archival photograph
22 x 22 in 55.9 x 55.9 cm
From My View, 2021
fiber print on archival photograph
22 x 22 in 55.9 x 55.9 cm
fiber print on archival photograph
22 x 22 in 55.9 x 55.9 cm
I found myself in familiar territory in an unfamiliar state, 2021
archival photograph
22 x 22 in 55.9 x 55.9 cm
archival photograph
22 x 22 in 55.9 x 55.9 cm
