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Hi, my name is Jim Shores, I was born in 1952. I have made my living since 1996 selling the found-object sculpture & assemblages I make through various Folk-Art venues. I am a self-taught artist who takes junk, trash, discards & cast-offs and turns the materials into faces and figures that take on a life of their own. I've been told that the things I create are natural extensions of the materials used. I collect materials that I visualize as having potential to be pieces and parts of a greater whole and enjoy the challenge of finding and realizing an objects potential beyond it's intended purpose. More often than not the the objects original utility remains recognizable. A lot of the fun in what I do, is the ongoing search for materials. I guess it's the thrill of the hunt combined with the need to feed my addiction for collecting things - I am a major pack-rat. This hunt takes me junkin' to dumpsters, dumps, recycling centers, metal scrap yards, flea markets, yard sales, thrift stores, junk shops and curb-side on trash day. The search for materials reminds me of beachcombing, some days there's not much to be found, while at other times you find beautiful pieces of driftwood. sand dollars and shells galore. I liken my vision to looking at clouds and seeing faces, people or animals. Over the years I've dragged home thousands of objects. Inspiration usually strikes as I walk along my junk-lined pathways, where inevitably something "speaks" to me and off I go trying to realize the potential I see in my vision. When I finish a piece, and it makes me smile, I find that it often has the same effect on others and that warms my heart.
My long time hobby became my vocation and for that I feel blessed. I hope I am allowed to continue what I love doing for the rest of my days. My work has found its way around the country into private and corporate collections. I have a sculpture on display in the permanent folk-art collection of the High Museum of Art in Atlanta and have work in the folk art collection of the Polk Museum in Lakeland, Fl. I show and sell my work at such venues as the Kentuck Festival of the Arts in Northport, AL - the House of Blues Folk Art Festival in Orlando, and Folk Fest in Atlanta to name a few. I am represented by a handful of galleries as well as the American Folk Art Museum's two gift shops in New York City.
I'd like to take the opportunity to ask anyone who reads this to PLEASE RECYCLE, it's good for the environment and just maybe your recycled object will find it's way into Jim Shores Art. |
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