Artist talk with James Maurelle

James Maurelle is an interdisciplinary artist, sculpture, video, photography, and sound art are his analog and digital primes. His work investigates the correlation formed between labor and creativity, at the center of this byway is the spirit of his work. 

Jazz is the primer which propels the work, the tone/feel of every composition is in direct association with the culture. Every object composed is a physical versioning of a historic recording or happening, every tool used is an augmented scale referencing an industrial progression. The materials (wood, metal, plastic, film) are the staff paper, and every committed strike upon these materials forms a note or chord. The fluidity connecting mind, hand, and tools are based on the augmented triad which is the cornerstone of the work. 

Maurelle, is a newly appointed assistant professor at Clark University: he works and resides in Worcester Massachusetts. His work has shown in New York, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Austin, Philadelphia, Brussels, Cincinnati, Worcester, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. He is a Pew Fellow (2022) and a recipient of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Fellowship (2015).