Opere Nuove

Samuel Jablon is a poet and painter. Each work is a snapshot of a poem he has written or imagined. Words heard on the subway, glimpsed in an advertisement or simply thought of become painted statements in a swirl of color.

​An abstract, almost expressionist background forms the basis for the calligraphies of the painted words. The chosen phrase may be a direct reflection of a recent experience, an expression of Jablon’s mood or simply arise from the artist’s brainstorming.

​In the technique, too, there is a comparison: the intellectuality of the words with the raw, instantaneous, textural painting technique made up of layers of acrylic and oil paint in larger random brushstrokes fueled by intuition.

​Many artists, especially in the second half of the 20th century, experimented with the concept of writing directly on canvas: Barbara Kruger, Jenny Holzer, Christopher Wool, On Kawara, Ed Ruscha, Richard Prince, Jonathan Meese, Glenn Li- gon … For the viewer, Jablon’s works are a unique experience; one is caught in the limbo between painting and poetry.