JASON D'AQUINO // MATCHBOOK MINIATURES

GRAPHITE DRAWINGS ON FOUND SURFACES // MATCHBOOK MINIATURES // TATTOO

Jason D'Aquino's renown Miniature Matchbook Art, drawings on found objects and vintage surfaces in graphite. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/c49ygfBeiIQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Letting It Go

Letting it go -

I realized that I never shared the ‘WHY’ - just the ‘WHAT’…

Olaf is the poorly rendered imaginary friend that was never supposed to be immortalized. Re-animated accidentally by residual magic . On a deeper level, He is aware that he is not what God intended - this is the reason for his suicidal ideation ( but that’s another story)

My therapist told me to “let it go”.

Her advice was valuable. But in order to “let it go”, I would have to shake off the myriad ambitious doodlers who were inundating me with the questions.

Maybe it was a baby / bath water type of situation , but if I was going to move on from the creepy art world (gang) molesters , I’d have to bid ‘fare thee well!” To the whole bunch- the good AND the bad.

So I made Art about it.

The best kind of Art ( in my opinion). The kind that seems pointless , silly, spontaneous - the kind that does not aspire to luxury or immortality . The kind that is not boastful or prestigious. The kind that just says “buh-bye”.

Just a pencil , an eraser , a BIC pen and some yellow lined paper .

This is the WHY.

Here is the WHAT.