© Jeff Bark, Untitled #4, from the series Woodpecker, 2007
© Jeff Bark, Untitled #13, from the series Abandon, 2006
© Jeff Bark, Untitled #9, from the series Still Life
“Like Ingres’ La Grand Odalisque or Oedipus Explains the Riddle of the Sphinx, Bark infuses layer upon layer of information for the viewer to digest. Contemporary urban motifs are prevalent in each image amongst the debris of American consumerism – inflatable plastic swimming pools, telephones, cigarettes, and mass-produced furniture produce seams of narrative. Influenced by Norman Rockwell, Eric Fischl and filmmaker, David Lynch, Bark creates quiet erotic moods and spheres around his subjects with clues and hints but with nothing explicitly told.”
source: Michael Hoppen Gallery
source: Michael Hoppen Gallery
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