JOE FERRISO: relating to the hours

JUNE 4 - JULY 3, 2021 (EXTENDED THROUGH JULY 11)
OPENING RECEPTION JUNE 4, 4-8 PM

POMPEI is pleased to present relating to the hours, a new video project (half-year edit, July-December 2019) by Joe Ferriso. Featuring original scores for each month created by a circle of friends.

"In 2019, I focused on a single durational piece, I made 24 small watercolors each day as an examination of time through the lens of painting. These visual notes spanned various interests, at a pace that felt liberating and reckless, with subjects personal and political, abject, and sublime. The sheer volume of images (8,760) has led me to experiment with sharing them as a moving whole, like a river that can stream past the eyes. I am interested in the collision of subjects both abstract and representational that generate unforeseen associations, shadowing our lived experience."

My curiosity to try new things propels my work into new formats and venues. I find it is crucial to remain open to new influences, changing circumstances, and chance encounters. Some of my personal interests include typographic forms, furniture, lighting, paper airplanes, everyday objects, walking, color in everything, combinations and transitions, proverbs, poetry, grids, symbols, spirals, numbers, and more. This openness to visual roving enables me to work through many forms, subjects, materials, and contexts both inside and outside the sphere of art."
- Joe Ferriso

Joe Ferriso grew up in Long Island, NY, and studied at The Cooper Union. He moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2009 and co-founded an experimental furniture studio, Anzfer Farms. In 2018, he received an MFA from Stanford University.  Recently, he moved with his wife, baby, and dog to The Sea Ranch, CA. Working in multiple mediums and disciplines, his artwork explores the numerous uses of paint to excite and connect people. 

joeferriso.com / @joeferriso

POMPEI is a creative project space and gallery founded by J Grabowski and Jacqueline Pompei. POMPEI is open to the public Saturdays and Sundays, 2-6 pm, and Monday-Friday, by appointment.