James Juron’s work is an exploration into the affects of shared
historical context and socio-political constructs that directly affect
the human condition.
Through distortion of form, we are presented with hidden motivations of the subject and the duality of human nature. Working mostly with oils, much of his art is ethereal while breaking down and then rebuilding the inner nature of the subject.
In this collection we see recognisable political figures such as Tony
Blair whose surrealistic grimace is juxtaposed to the smatterings of red paint which seem to insinuate the blood of those who have been directly affected by his political
policies.
In another piece we see former US president George Bush walking down a corridor with another man oblivious to the ghostly figures that line the passageway and who are howling in pain at unspoken tragedies which haunt the Bush presidency.
In another work, we see three people who come across as discarnate souls flanked by military police in the background.
A woman whose face is distorted is seated next to a TV and large cuts of meat. Juron is playing with malleability of form and exposes the disenfranchised behaviour of the figures presented. As with the other works in this collection, Juron manages to expose the complexities of human nature in a modern context.
