Jeremy Everett

Self-portrait

interview by JULIANA BALESTIN
self-portrait by JEREMY EVERETT

 

During his travels here and there, Jeremy Everett buries pictures in the ground. After certain periods of time, he digs them up. This process helps him make what he calls “decay drawings.” He also submerges newspapers and magazines in chemical goop, transforming them into crystalline-looking pillows. He hand-rubs sheets of vinyl with printer’s CMYK color to make varieties of wall hangings. “Buried Sky,” Everett’s solo exhibition at Andrew Edlin Gallery, and his pieces at Terence Koh’s ASS (Asian Song Society) brought together all of his various formal processes into what might be called a transcendent earth art, in which earth and chemistry transform varieties of sheets. But there’s a streak of tragedy in Everett’s art, relating to the hard-core immersion of these sheets, which achieve a chrysalis-like transcendence. At least, that’s what the title “Buried Sky”…