Photo: Marcus Jansen Power Structures, Almine Rech, Paris 2021

​NEWSLETTER
​

​
Picture
​
U.S.
September 9, 2023 - January 7, 2024
The Voice of the People: Freedom of Speech Rollins Museum of Art

How do artists articulate visually the importance of communication and access to information in contemporary society? What is the role of free speech in a polarized political climate? In tandem with the 2023-2024 Rollins College Common Read theme, Political Polarization, this exhibition examines the ways in which freedom of speech shapes democracy and civic engagement. The exhibition features a selection of works from the collection that center freedom of speech as a pillar of productive political conversations by exploring multiple artistic perspectives, approaches, and media.

Works by artists Pedro Reyes, Michael Stone, and Danh Vo consider notions of freedom, democracy, and politics, while Jenny Holzer, Kota Ezawa, Hank Willis Thomas, and Emily Shur address specific instances in which freedom of speech has been recently debated. Also included in the selection are works by Melvin Edwards, Josh Kline, Marcus Jansen, and Norman Rockwell. 
U.S.
More Disruption by John Seed, October, 2023

New book "More Disruption: Representational Art in Flux" is now listed on Amazon. It will be released in October, 2023.

​​A Book by John Seed
(Art writer and art history professor)

Art Historian John Seed, recently published a book titled, “Disruptive Realism” in which Jansen is highlighted on the back cover alongside 43 artists while taking an in-depth look at the works of leading contemporary painters who are challenging and reshaping the tradition of Realism, helping art lovers, collectors, and artists approach and understand this compelling new phenomenon.

​Overview
“Reveals the contemporary art phenomenon of disrupted realism through the paintings of 43 artists at its core.”

Profoundly shaped by the events, forces, and overflow of today's disjointed, social-media-heavy life, these artists' paintings are “disrupted” stylistically, thematically, or sometimes both.

They allow us to appreciate how art relates to the "super-fast, simultaneous, almost dizzyingly paced scrolling" of our lives.
​
​