BFA Thesis Exhibit
Jacob Willcox
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Artist Statement
This body of work investigates signage, and the way it affects our perception of goods and materials. My work explores the visual language of compulsion and consumption; asking what itis about signage that triggers our compulsivity? I employ traditional neon signage to create cacophonous, overwhelming spaces. By overstimulating the audience I am making them implicit in their own influenced consumption. Using neon and mixed media the work exists on the line between risk and reward. Seeing neon signage at billboard proportions in a gallery setting embraces absurdity and engulfs the viewer.