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Biography: Jay Rivkin's assemblages echo the surrealist collage movement brought to New York from Europe in the1940's. Rivkin initially worked in pencil drawings, combining them with collage and acrylic and eventually focusing on collage and assemblage work. Through the juxtaposition of disparate elements, she brings pencil drawings together with newspaper clippings, boxes, dollar bills, flags and military badges, combining her aesthetic strengths and sure structuring of form.
Rivkin's commentary on American culture and values is often unflattering but intriguing in it's honesty. Her witty imagery allows for the insertion of serious political issues, the addressing of our worst fears- recycling, social issues and the part that economics play in daily life in addition to her personal experience. Her assemblages compel the viewer to ponder such issues as the inanity of war, the plight of the homeless and the waning of the dollar's value abroad. She also addresses the role of art and artists in a society geared toward conquest and profit. Jay Rivkin unveils the truths she has arrived at, inviting us to question our assemblage of ideas and convictions.
Chronology: [Click For Chrono PDF]
Exhibitions at Tobey C. Moss Gallery:
2004 Jay Rivkin: 25 Years of Collage and Drawing
2001 Jay Rivkin: Collage/Assemblage
1997 Jay Rivkin: Money and Other Addictions
1984 Jay Rivkin: New York
1982 Jane Ullman, Jay Rivkin, Sorel Etrog
Drawings
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Medium | Date |
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| Collage: colored pencils and light board | 1983 | ||
| Collage: colored pencils and light board | 1983 | ||
| Collage: colored pencils and light board | 1983 | ||
| Graphite and ink wash with torn paper | 1996-97 | ||
| Pencil and ink | 1984 | ||
| Pencil and ink | 1984 | ||
| Colored pencils | 1991 |
Prints
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Medium | Date |
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| Etching on plexiglas over black paper | 1985 | ||
| Etching on zinc (black ink on tan paper) | 1982 | ||
 | Etching on zinc | 1982 | |
| Etching on zinc (white ink on black Arches) | 1982 | ||
 | Etching with zinc sanguine ink on tan paper | 1982 |
Assemblage
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Medium | Date |
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| Graphite on board, 3-dimensional, boxed in plexiglas | 1981 | ||
| Assemblage | 1997 |
Collage
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Medium | Date |
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 | Collage | 1999 | |
| Collage | 1999 | ||
| Collage: cardboard with graphite | 2002 | ||
| Collage | 2001 | ||
| Collage | 1990 | ||
| Collage: colored pencils and light board | 1983 | ||
| Collage: colored pencils and light board | 1983 | ||
| Collage: colored pencils and light board | 1983 |
