When The Sky Is Not Enough
Randall J. Lane – Charles Wilkin
When the sky is not enough, and the vast expanse of possibility still leaves one yearning, we grasp at letters of recommendation—signs, validations, and assembled fragments of meaning that might justify our existence.
Yet, in the grand scheme, these gestures remain low stakes, mere echoes of a deeper search.
We piece together a fragment of a fragment, constructing identity and purpose from remnants, knowing that the whole will always elude us.
Still, we persist, seeking knowledge in the face of death, as if understanding could ward off the inevitable, as if meaning itself were something we could assemble from the ruins of uncertainty.
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Randall J. Lane
Artist Statement
I generally create the things that I create as a way to follow my curiosity. For this particular body of work I was curious if I could get out of my own way and create objects and art that are more immediate and less thought-out or planned.
These new pieces explore mark-making and painting onto wooden assemblages and are a culmination of various interests, previous work techniques, thoughts and the inevitable influence of work that I admire.
Bio
Randall J Lane is an art school drop out, among other things, living and working in Narrowsburg, NY. At an early age Randall discovered that he didn’t like authority and has spent the majority of his adult life running from any form or manifestation of it.
Unable to handle the price and work load at The Atlanta College of Art, Randall decided to spend some time illegally writing things on walls with spray paint. Then along side his accomplice, Randall started Graphic Havoc. Graphic Havoc was a very small creative agency that grew itself to a slightly larger creative agency with clients from all over the globe. In 2000 he and his business partners decided to leave Atlanta and head to the promised land of Brooklyn, NY.
In 2001 Randall met a special lady who would later become his second co-founder, well his wife first but that is another story. In 2010 Brown & Jackson Projects was created as a place to continue following the whims and wishes of a couple “creative types.” Working on anything, design wise, they could get their grubby little hands on…
More recently Randall has been working with wood to create furniture and objects and most recently he has taken some of that wood to make sculptural assemblages and paint onto them in a very spontaneous and childish manner.
Charles Wilkin
Artist Statement
My work is a loose collection of thoughts and observations in many ways and less about one specific theme. I see it as being a reflection of the world we live in, with all its ugliness and cruelty. But from that, I strive to extract the beauty and empathy hidden underneath and within us all, revealing the unknown, the unspoken and intangible things that make us truly human. For me, collage as a medium replicates this frenetic and inherent collision of people, culture, and emotions we all experience. I believe the true meaning of my work is derived directly from the intertwining of these associations, and the spontaneity of my creative process. This gives my work the freedom to live creatively in the moment, and the ability to respond to current events, despite my imagery being derived primarily from vintage magazines.
Bio
I was born in Buffalo, New York and have been a collage/mixed media artist for over 20 years. I relocated New York City in June of 2001 and now split my time between studios in Brooklyn and the Catskills. My work has been featured in many contemporary fine art and street art magazines, including: Juxtapoz, Rojo and Metropolis magazine. I’ve also exhibited regularly across the U.S. and participated in many group shows globally and co-curate collage exhibitions for The International Weird Collage Show. In 2003German publisher Gestalten released my first monograph Index-A which has become a much-referenced source of inspiration for contemporary collage artists. My work is also part of the permanent collections at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg Germany and The Library of Congress in Washington,DC. I’ve lectured at Parsons School of Design, Savannah School of Art and briefly taught at the Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus, Ohio where I received my BFA in 1992.