Jessica Joslin
"Hybrids"

La Luz de Jesus Gallery
November 5 - 28, 2010
Artist Reception: Friday, November 5th; 8-11 PM
Book Signing to precede from 7-8 PM

Jessica Joslin’s “Hybrids” show is a circus of oddities, a mixed-media menagerie of unexpected creatures. A whimsical cat in a red leather harness harness pulls his polycephalic partner along on a wooden cart, blue and brown eyes gleaming mischievously. An exquisite two headed tropical bird with lush brass plumage preens on it's perch. A troupe of monkey-cat hybrids engage in mysterious shenanigans, and truncated half-creatures preside over the festivities. The creatures that populate Joslin's world are intricate fusions of bone, brass, antique hardware and other bits and bobs. Sparkling glass eyes are inset in kid leather, giving these fanciful hybrids the illusion of life and animation. They seem ready to spring up and play, just as soon as no one is watching. In her work, Joslin celebrates wit, whimsy, ingenuity, insightful curiosity and skill. The finely wrought craftsmanship renders the hand of the maker at once visible (the miniature bolts, springs and joints which comprise anatomical structures are readily discerned) and invisible (there is a keen sense of their unique personalities, and as such, the illusion that they are not constructions, but rather living beings.) “Hybrids” is a menagerie of distinctive creations, its frolicsome fauna beckon you to come see the show!

"Joslin seeks out and puts to use those bright odds and ends that might catch one’s eye in a box full of orphaned fixtures, or glinting up from the sidewalk. While each piece she employs in her eerie animal reliquary is delicately beautiful, it is also the detritus of human engineering and design: old brass buttons and gold braid, glass beads, clockwork cogs and velvet ribbon. Such items are reminiscent of the whimsical technology of a century past, one’s grandparents’ house, the dark interiors of old fashioned movie theatres - and as such they have an intriguing, wistful quality. In other words, Joslin collects the things that all of us secretly want to, the shiny pieces that we might comb through, handle and admire, but ultimately force ourselves to put down." – Lisa Sette

Contact the Gallery Director for availability and purchase info: (323) 666-7667

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Otis Antique hardware, brass, bone, velvet, silver, painted steel, glove leather, glass eyes. 42” x 22” x 26” $20,000.00 (Click image to expand or click here for detail)	Lazlo Antique brass hardware and findings, painted steel, bone, glove leather, silver, glass eyes. 15" x 7" x 10" $7,000.00 Sold	Milo Antique brass hardware and findings, painted steel, bone, glove leather, silver, glass eyes. 13” x 7” x 12” $7,000.00 Sold
Ruby Antique brass hardware and findings, bone, brass, silver, glove leather, glass eyes. 5” x 4” x 6.5” $3,800.00 (Click image to expand or click here for detail)	Allegro Antique brass hardware and findings, bone, brass, silver, glove leather, glass eyes. 7" x 4" x 6" $3,800.00	Clio & Loci Antique brass hardware & findings, painted wood, brass, silver, bone, beads, chain, glove leather, glass eyes. 18” x 11” x 36” $14,000.00 (Click image to expand or click here for detail)
Orson Antique jewelry findings, brass, bone, velvet, glove leather, glass eyes. 5” x 5” x 5” $2,800.00	Ezekiel Antique jewelry findings, brass, silver, bone, velvet, glove leather, glass eyes 4” x 4” x 4” $2,500.00	Isolde Antique jewelry findings, brass, bone, velvet, glove leather, glass eyes. 4” x 4” x 4” $2,500.00
Odilia Antique hardware, brass, bone, silver, brass bullet casings, glove leather, glass eyes. 65” x 26” x 17” $16,000.00 (Click image to expand or click here for detail)	Cosimo Antique hardware, brass, bone, chrome jacket spikes, standoffs, antique glove leather, glass eyes. 14” x 7” x 20” $7,200.00 (Click image to expand or click here for detail)	Stardust Antique brass hardware and findings, brass, silver, velvet, wood, glove leather, glass eyes. 9” x 8” x 9” $4,500.00
Benedict Antique hardware and findings, brass Model T horns, bone, steel, glove leather, glass eyes. 14"x 8" x 13" $4,500.00	Anatole Antique hardware and findings, brass, bone, vestment trim, fish vertebrae, glove leather, glass eyes. 16" x 6" x 10" $3,500.00	858 Antique hardware, silver, brass, bone, velvet, saxophone parts, embroidered velvet, glove leather, glass eyes. 14" x 10" x 10" $8,000.00
Albion Antique hardware and pierced silver, brass, bone, velvet and vestment trim, steel, glove leather, glass eyes. 20” x 9” x 10” (detail) $7,000.00		Helios Antique hardware and pierced silver, brass, bone, velvet and vestment trim, steel, glove leather, glass eyes. 20” x 9” x 10” $7,000.00