Jumbo & Zap: Planetarium
As I pondered this exhibitions flyer I decided there were two things I needed to know. Assuming you share similar synapses, I have answers to our questions. Q1: Who are Jumbo and Zap? A1:Two art school graduates with artistic aliases, Zap is older than Jumbo, they both like to use public spaces to create art […]
Overview
As I pondered this exhibitions flyer I decided there were two things I needed to know. Assuming you share similar synapses, I have answers to our questions.
Q1: Who are Jumbo and Zap?
A1:Two art school graduates with artistic aliases, Zap is older than Jumbo, they both like to use public spaces to create art that aims to communicate as opposed to existing as a collectable. They have been collaborating since 2003 and their work usually brings the smarts. They are perhaps best known for a kitsch comic aesthetic with a pre-CGI sci-fi flavour. Their work, public and gallery exhibits appeal to the most cynical 'street art' critic.
Q2: Is the exhibition a collection of retro action toys?
A2: No. Although I'm not exactly sure what a 'dizzying array of pictures and fractured thoughts and captured moments' will look like.
According to the Planetarium exhibition, 'Everything has been done. We are in a state of flux, going over the same ground, searching for meaning where it has never been.' It's hard to tell whether this search for 'meaning where it has never been' has been deemed a bad thing by Jumbo and Zap either; perhaps it is a reality that they relish.
All you can say for certain is that these guys aren't afraid to include a healthy dose of smarm-free intellectualism in their art making. Gone are the days of unified public scorn for anything sprayed, rolled or written on an alleyway wall. If we truly are lacking a new frontier, retracing our steps in a quest for meaning, thank the universe for guys like Jumbo and Zap who are here to bring our walls and galleries to life.
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