Juan Uslé

at Cheim & Read

SIN DESENLACE, 2007

The routine (the white lines that go from left to right) changes you. You can't feel it, because it does very very slow. As time goes by (the grey vertical lines) you are changing. The routine gets in the way. It annoyingly disturbs the the main picture. You think : "This is just a day job, but I am actually an artist". But you are wrong. You are only part-time artist. Only if you can use this to your advantage(the blue background triangular figure in the lower middle), you can get you break-through (the white figure in the center). Otherwise the conveyor of life will be moving without you notice ( the grey horizontal ribbons in the upper part).

Bill Jensen

at Cheim & Read

WITH COLOR XXVIII, 2009

Woman (The big dark figure in the center). She could be secretively dark. Outside there is a bright sunny day, when everything seems simple, fun and easy to understand. She is full of unknown wisdom. The mystery pulls you in. You want to dive into the deepest darkest corner. You are marching willingly into a web of lust, forbidden pleasures and unending secrecy.

Joan Mitchell

at Cheim & Read (Frieze Art Fair New York 2012)

Untitled, 1959

On the first look, the person looks calm, easy going, even plain. He seems joyless, removed and cold. Then you start getting to know the person. You dig a little bit deeper, and you see that he's  got  dark side. It is full of feelings, internal motion and passions. And all of those are a lot more powerful, concentrated and even fearful, because they are concealed and don't have an outlet.

Bill Jensen

Bill Jensen Cheim & Read

LUOHAN (NIAFUNKÉ)

The left bleak part is how our imagination pictures traumatic events in our life. The right part is the real events. In our imagination the events are more scarier and have more consequences then the reality. The trauma freezes parts of our personality. The mind is coping and trying to bleach out the frozen horror.