Having the closer look, these canvases transform into digital drawings, containing a computer cursor in motion, resembling a brushstroke that never finds its place, or just furiously running over the screen.
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Placing the series of lighted white canvases into the totally dark room, Jake named this exhibition Drawings. Yung Jake - Rihanna, photo via Digital World of Presence Portraits of celebrities are made of emojis His blackness suddenly wasn’t the issue anymore and Jake was overrunning art, rap and internet world, erasing the lines between all three. Having the frustrations in the art world where his work was labeled as African-American art, he took an interest in rap and started to make songs and spots cruising around in a car with his crew, like people expected from one African American.
Yung Jake - Drawings, 2014 (installation view), photo via steveturner.la Conquering the Online Worldīorn as Jake Patterson, he attended the prestigious California Institute of Fine Arts in Valencia, received his BFA and gained the knowledge in traditional mediums, like drawing and painting.
White pannels are transformed into the digital drawings Making a personal performance of preoccupation with technology, Jake has no interest in distinguishing between his rap and art practice. He also creates digital drawings, like portraits of celebrities made out of emojis, or transforming white lighted canvases. Born on the internet, 2011, his first big viral success was in March next year with interactive HTML5 music video E./d, which was even nominated for the MTV Music Award for Best Interactive Music Video. Living his artistic life exclusively online, Yung Jake is the primarily virtual persona, then an artist, rapper, programmer and videographer.
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