Jeremy Fish “Rome-antic Delusions”

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“JEREMY FISH’S WORK IS RIPE WITH IMAGERY. SKULLS SERVE AS VEHICLES, ARMOR, AND EVEN HOLLOWED OUT SHELLS FOR THE LIVING. WINGS SPROUT FROM WITHIN, HELPING THE CREATURES FLOAT ON AS THEY EXPLORE THEIR SURROUNDINGS. WISE OLD MEN WITH HUGE BEARDS SMOKE CORNCOB PIPES AND PONDER THE UNIVERSE. NATURE IS IMPORTANT IN FISH’S WORLD- RABBITS, BEAVERS, OWLS AND OF COURSE, FISH INHABIT THE LAND AND MIX IN WITH MAN-MADE OBJECTS LIKE UMBRELLAS, VANS AND THE OCCASIONAL FROG-DRAWN SKULL WAGON. CREATIVITY, ORIGINALITY AND RAW SKILL HAVE BEEN UNDERVALUED LATELY, BUT NO ONE CAN DENY JEREMY FISH’S GENIUS.” –JEFF SOTO
Jeremy Dan Fish, born in Albany New York, 1974.
“At first glance, Fish's images seem to be rooted in an alternate world -- a world where gnomes travel via saddled dachshund-back and birds of all nations hatch adorned with the heads and hairstyles of every human stereotype imaginable. The bold, precise outlines give his ideas an immediate impact, but it's the aftertaste that really cuts deep. Everything comes with a story. I have never known Jeremy to create something without a reason for it to exist and an accompanying tale. His pictures are built from the simplest ingredients, ingredients with which the everyman can identify. I've been around the world and met a lot of "artists" who eat, shit, and breathe inside a bubble of self-aggrandizement, armies of yes-men at their sides ready to toot the bugles for every flimsy "breakthrough" they put forth. Jeremy Fish avoids that typecasting by boiling his intentions down to their most elemental forms: he makes pictures, he makes a lot of them, he makes them for himself, he makes them for the people, and he makes them from the heart. I am proud to say that I look up to him. You should too.” –Aesop Rock
With a degree in painting and a focus in screenprinting Jeremy's education and work experience has lead to a career as a fine artist, and a commercial illustrator. Finding a balance between exhibiting his work both across the US, and internationally in galleries and museums. while maintaining a presence designing skateboards, t-shirts, viynl toys, album covers, periodical illustrations, murals, and sneakers. The artwork is mainly about storytelling and communication, told through a library of characters and symbols. With an emphasis on finding a balance with the imagery somewhere between all things cute and creepy. Jeremy is based in North Beach aka little italy, and has lived in San Francisco for the last 20 years.
Jeremy Fish, Rome-antic delusions is described by the artist as a type of “word play where reality and fantasy meet”, a reflection of both sides of his artistic persona, solitary introspection and the exuberance of changing perspectives. Complete with an exclusive interview and many entertaining contributions from his contemporaries such as Travis Millard, Jeff Soto and Mel Kadel, this book provides a fun and insightful journey in to the fanciful world of Jeremy Fish.

Jeremy Fish, “Rome-antic Delusions”

Hardcover, 21x30 cm, 96 pages  |  Drago Publisher   |  978-88-88493-31-2
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