GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTS
A Solo Exhibition:
50 New Drawings and Paintings
by Jeffrey Allen Price
September 8~30
Gallery Talk with Artist:
September 16, 11am-12pm
Closing Reception:
September 25, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Briarcliffe College, Library Gallery
1055 Stewart Ave
Bethpage, NY 11714
516-918-3627
(Excerpt from) Artist Statement on GDP
“The series presents one-of-a-kind pictures based on mass-produced consumer goods. I love the contradictions inherent in the double meaning of this phrase–Gross Domestic Products. GDP functions simultaneously as a term for measuring the economic size of a country, while doubling as a disparaging description of the products themselves, complicating the reading of these images.
I am not only interested in the look of the packaging of certain products … but also how drawing these products reveals certain autobiographical particulars about my life, creating an indirect portrait of myself. The series as a whole betrays intimate information such as my diet, the kind (and number) of pets that I have, and even my geographic location can be deduced from certain brand labels. Other habits, preferences and details are also revealed…”
~Jeffrey Allen Price
