jay rechsteiner
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Everything is mine
This series or collection of works is a reflection or an imitation of a state of mind that is trying to figure out what is there to be seen, to be felt, to be angry about, to laugh about. I cannot see where I am heading. I am aimless. It is immature and mature at the same time. The words are hovering around in the room and the images are planting itself in fertile soil. There is nothing new or revolutionary about the work nor my practice. Quite the opposite in fact. Tired of the art world represented on social media, in tribes gathering around certain people, newcomers, galleries etc., I find myself in a rather lonely place as I cannot and do not want to be part of any of the tribes. I am a hermit of some sort. Not by choice but rather because of experience.
The title of each work is the automatic number generated by the camera that caputures the work. The reasoning behind this decision is quite simple: First of all by giving a name (a title) to a piece of work, one projects a specific meaning onto it, a sort of a categorisation. As the work is interconnected with other works and can be viewed in different contexts, the name should also be different. Hence, I have decided to let the camera decide. The name is detached from the actual work, I think.
I am interested in the notion of chaos. But what is chaos? To me chaos is simply a system that one does not (fully) comprehend. I don't actually believe in chaos as such as chaos would be something that has no underlying system. Every system is relative in terms of its comprehension. For a car mechanic the working of an engine is quite comprehensible whereas I have not much knowledge how a car engine works. Data mining and processing software is capable of extracting an enormous understanding of present and future actions, figuring out erupting crises years before the actual crises etc. With my work presented here it is very similar. Everything is interconnected, sometimes the connections are more or less obvious and sometimes the connections seem far fetched, and very often there are multiple sub-connections that linkt two or more players with one another. The presentation of the work is neither random nor based on a consciously intellectual decision process.
Studio in Margate, UK, July 2021
Studio in Margate, UK, July 2021
Individual works: 2D & 3D
title: P2810518
material: acrylic on paper
size: 98cm x 136cm
Year: 2021title: P2810520
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 56cm x 56cm
Year: 2021title: P2810522
material: acrylic on cardboard
size: 38cm x 40cm
Year: 2021title: P2810524
material: wrapping material, paper and plastic (shape subject to change)
size: 50cm x 60cm x 30cm
Year: 2021title: P2810523
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 2 x 23cm x 30.5cm
Year: 2021title: P2810530
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 23cm x 30.5cm
Year: 2021title: P2810531
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 23cm x 30.5cm
Year: 2021title: P2810532
material: acrylic on canvas, acrylic on wood
size: 23cm x 30.5cm plus 36cm x 5cm
Year: 2021title: P2810535
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 56cm x 56cm
Year: 2021title: P2810536
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 50cm x 70.5cm
Year: 2021title: P2810541
material: found photograph, found print
size: 26cm x 21cm
Year: 2021title: P2810534
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 23cm x 30.5cm
Year: 2021title: P2810537
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 61cm x 76.5cm
Year: 2021title: P2810538
material: acrylic and colour pencil on canvas
size: 40.5cm x 51cm
Year: 2021title: P2810540
material: acrylic on cardboard, found picture (dry leave, thread)
size: 38cm x 30cm
Year: 2021title: P2810542
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 101cm x 82cm
Year: 2021title: P2810544
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 69.5cm x 51cm
Year: 2021title: P2810539
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 23cm x 30.5cm
Year: 2021title: P2810545
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 71cm x 71cm
Year: 2021title: P2810546
material: acrylic on canvas, paper collage
size: 71cm x 71cm
Year: 2021title: P2810548
material: acrylic on paper, tape
size: 70cm x 50cm
Year: 2021title: P2810550
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 40.5cm x 51cm
Year: 2021title: P2810551
material: acrylic on paper, a crylic on plasterboard
size: 2 x 50cm x 70cm, 33cm 47cm
Year: 2021title: P2810547
material: acrylic on paper, tape, bluetag and clip
size: A3
Year: 2021title: P2810552
material: acrylic on on wood
size: 21cm x 35cm
Year: 2021title: P2810553
material: acrylic on brick
size: 23cm x 7cm x 11cm
Year: 2021title: P2810557
material: acrylic on cardboard
size: 52cm x 40cm x 40cm
Year: 2021
title: P2810560
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 61xm x 76xm
Year: 2021title: P2810568
material: acrylic on paper
size: -
Year: 2021title: P2810559
material: acrylic on cardboard
size: 68cm x 28cm
Year: 2021title: P2810562
material: acrylic on cardboard (toilet roll)
size: 10cm x 4.5.cm
Year: 2021title: P2810563
material: acrylic on cardboard (toilet roll)
size: 10cm x 4.5.cm
Year: 2021title: P2810565
material: acrylic on cardboard (toilet roll)
size: 10cm x 4.5cm
Year: 2021title: P2810564
material: acrylic on cardboard (toilet roll)
size: 10cm x 4.5cm
Year: 2021title: P2810566
material: acrylic on cardboard (toilet roll)
size: 10cm x 4.5.cm
Year: 2021title: P2810577
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 76cm x 76xm
Year: 2021
title: P2810570
material: acrylic on paper, tape
size: -
Year: 2021title: P2810571
material: paint container, wood, cardboard
size: 223cm
Year: 2021title: Le Pied et le Primitif
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 122cm x 153cm
year: 2021title: P2810606
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 101.5 cm 101.5cm
Year: 2021title: P2810630
material: acrylic on sponge
size: 6cm x 8cm
Year: 2021title: P2810788
material: acrylic on paint roller
size: 12cm x 26cm
Year: 2021title: P2810790
material:acrylic on upholstery fome
size: 16cm x 19cm
Year: 2021title: P2810791
material: acrylic on paper bag
size: 24cm x 25cm
Year: 2021title: P2810633
material: ball pen on paper in food box
size: 18cm x 12cm
Year: 2021title: Face 1
material: acrylic on cardboard
size: 84cm x 94cm
Year: 2021title: Face 2
material: acrylic on cardboard
size: 77cm x 97cm
Year: 2021
title: rethink fascism
material: digital print (print, online), NFT
size:100cm x 100cm
Year: 2021title: P2810814
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 23cm x 30.5cm
Year: 2021 (sold)title: P2810817_DM
(This painting has a constant value of EURO 1955.83)
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 23cm x 30.5cm
Year: 2021title: P2810817_EURO
(This painting has a constant value of EURO 1000)
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 23cm x 30.5cm
Year: 2021
title: P2810819
material: wood, cardboard, acrylic, PVA
hight: 140cm
Year: 2021
title: P2810828
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 102cm x 102cm
Year: 2021 (sold)
title: dances with capital
material: digital print (print, online), NFT
size:100cm x 100cm
Year: 2021title: P2820205
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 23cm x 30.5cm
Year: 2022title: P2820224 (front view) - Liebe Dattel-Freunde und -Freundinnen, persische Datteln sind ein wahrer Genuss. This thing of art has a constant value of 400 Euro.
material: toilet paper rolls, paper, cardboard, acrylic
size: 29cm x 20cm x 5cm
Year: 2022
title: P2820224 (back view) - Liebe Dattel-Freunde und -Freundinnen, persische Datteln sind ein wahrer Genuss. This thing of art has a constant value of 400 Euro.
material: toilet paper rolls, paper, cardboard, acrylic
size: 29cm x 20cm x 5cm
Year: 2022title: P2820228
material: two canvasses, acrylic
size: 30cm x 32cm
Year: 2022title: P2820237 (Popanz! Popanz!)
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 23cm x 30.5cm
Year: 2022
title: P2820244 (Popanztheater)
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 157cm x 24cm x 40cm
Year: 2022
title: P2820244 (Popanztheater)
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 157cm x 24cm x 40cm
Year: 2022title: P2820307 (Everyone born in Switzerland is naturally a dadaist.)
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 23cm x 30.5cm
Year: 2022
title: P2820308
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 23cm x 30.5cm
Year: 2022title:P2820278
material:photography
Year: 2022title: P2820309
material: acrylic, oil pastel on canvas
size: 61cm x61cm
Year: 2022
title:P2820310
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 2x 23cm x 30.5cm
Year: 2022title: P2820311
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 61cm x61cm
Year: 2022title: P2820312
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 61cm x61cm
Year: 2022
title:P2820313
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 61cm x61cm
Year: 2022title: P2820314
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 61cm x61cm
Year: 2022title: P2820315
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 61cm x61cm
Year: 2022
title: P2820316
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 61cm x61cm
Year: 2022title: P2820317
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 23cm x 30.5cm
Year: 2022
title: P2820318
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 23cm x 30.5cm
Year: 2022
title: P2820320
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 101cm x 101cm
Year: 2022title: P2820331
material: acrylic on canvas
size: 23cm x 30.5cm
Year: 2022title: P2820754
material: wood, cardboard, acrylic, screws
size: 38cm x 36cm x 13cm
Year: 2022
title: P2820754
material: wood, cardboard, acrylic, screws
size: 38cm x 36cm x 13cm
Year: 2022title: P2820812: And then we think about life again.
material: wood, metal container, plants, sheets of paper on wall
Year: 2022
title: P2820812: And then we think about life again.
material: wood, metal container, plants, sheets of paper on wall
Year: 2022title: P2820954: I was going to make a flag.
material: acrylic paint on blackout fabric, wooden stick
Year: 2022
title: P2820954: I was going to make a flag.
(I hope the republicans cut your hands off and u have to paint with your mouth and you accidentally swallow the brush and choke to death. Paint that. (Julie Hirsh, Sep 1, 2022)
material: acrylic paint on blackout fabric, wooden stick
Year: 2022individual works: sound, music
title: ZOOM0723 - Kunst ist Scheisse
lenght: 3min
Year: 2021
title: ZOOM0710 - I painted a really twisted painting and I am scared to show it.
lenght: 3:40min
Year: 2021
title: ZOOM0719 - Everything is mine
lenght: 3:24 min
year: 2021
title: ZOOM0720 - When is it all going to end?
lenght: 2:32 min
year: 2021
title: P2820764 - I saw a little bird
lenght: 2:37 min
year: 2022
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