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2009
Artist Jay Etkin
Courtesy of the artist, Jay Etkin
Jay Etkin is a noted artist and gallery director, having coordinated exhibitions from spaces in Cooper Young and South Main during his time in Memphis. Of his Primal Series (of which these are only 3), he states, "I liken myself to a mad scientist in a laboratory whose goal is to make some fantastic thing happen. And as in science, unexpected things do happen. I strive for this experience. The work is a sifting through the personal; all those things that affect me. I paint each piece in the Primal Series from edge to edge; all the space is occupied, and when I paint the black band around the edges sometimes I'm painting out a very beautiful passage. It's partly a sacrifice, an homage to the creative process, but it's also a way of editing, of finding the defining moment for each painting."
