The Juvenilia Collection
Chase Valentin
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The following is a selection from a body of over five hundred paintings, sketches and sculptural works exhibited by artist Chase Valentin between 1995 and 2005.
Known as the Juvenilia Collection, they form an expression of a young man's fears, an artist's hopes, and the struggle of both to find stability amidst the apocalyptic anxiety of a new millennium.
Unless otherwise stated, all works are oil on canvas.
All rights reserved by Chase Valentin
Witness (Untouched) 71cm x 61cm
above:
deliberation 70cm x 90cm
facing page:
sleepers each 52cm x 41cm
right:
elements of the physical, chalices
fired clay average height 22cm
shown are bone and sinew
from the perfumer series
drenched in verdict
left:
resigned to drowning
the wake from unrest
each 122cm x 92cm
next
a greater need to breathe 71cm 91cm
facing page, above
sore eyes quartet each panel 37cm x 47cm
facing page, below:
the bench
raku-fired clay, wood, wire; each panel 66cm x 43cm
memories discarded fired clay
from the 'armies of one' series
the table ec2 62cm x 72cm
facing page, clockwise from top left:
puppet master 52cm x 41cm ; the campaigner 52cm x 41cm ;
the pawn 47cm x 37cm ; the strategist 52cm x 41cm
above: the chair 120cm x 120cm
facing page: sketches
frontline 122cm x 92cm
cradle to grave 122cm x 92cm
turn & rise diptych each panel 122cm x 92cm
from the 'invisible gun' series
each 60cm x 47cm
clockwise from top left: 240167, the great architect, rides with me, the absentee
girl in a yellow dress
scream if you want to go faster
candy floss version 80cm x 65cm
white knuckle version 80cm x 65cm
Quem Deus
PERdERE
VuLT...
poetry by
facing page
above: lilies 120cm x 210cm
left: the crossing 122cm x 92cm
right: the fall 61cm x 50cm
cover design quem deus perdere vult...
poetry volume
after the mardi-gras high 152cm x 122cm
dressing for breakfast (self portrait)
Exhibitions of Juvenilia
All of the following were indepedently- produced solo shows
EMBRYOGENESIS
February 1997
The Blue Studio, South Kensington
London SW7
OPENING DOORS
February 1998
Art Connoisseur Gallery
Marleybone, London W1
(sponsored by The Executive Management Partnership)
JUVENILIA Act I - The Scene
May 1999
Dryden Street Gallery
Covent Garden, London WC2
(in association with Calvin Klein cosmetics)
JUVENILIA Act II - The Players
August 1999
JUVENILIA Act III - Awards, Applause & Souvenirs
November 1999
The Red Studio
Westminster, London SW1
CORINTHIANS
May 2000
The October Gallery,
Bloomsbury, London WC1
(sponsored by The Concordia Foundation
in association with the Spanish Embassy in London)
ICARUS & THE BUTTERFLY
June 2000
The Quaker Gallery,
St. Martins Lane, London WC2
HISTRIONICS
October 2001
The Air Gallery,
Mayfair, London W1
THE PERFUMER
August 2002
The Quaker Gallery
LA RUPTURA
November 2003
Artico,
Veleuters,Valencia Centro
INVISIBLE GUN
September 2004
Casa de la Cultura
L'Alcudia, Valencia
(in association with L'Alcudia City Council)
NEW ORDER
November 2005
Arte & Arte Gallery
Madrid
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Chase Valentin was born in 1967 in Caerleon, Wales and remained in the principality until his twenties, when he moved to London, England. After spending a decade there, he moved first to Carcassonne in the Languedoc region of France, then to Valencia, Spain. Since 2009 he has lived in Cascais, a district of Lisbon, Portugal.
He is self-taught artist whose work crosses many boundaries in search of self-expression: Primarily a painter, he also produces sculpture and photography, writes and performs poetry and music, and has recently completed his first novel.
Apolline and Dionysiac Duality
Since bringing the Juvenilia theme to a close, photography has become my prefererred medium for carrying figurative portrayal, whilst abstraction has taken a more prominent role in conveying emotional and psychological states.
When partnered with my exploration of music and literature, it is apparent (in my mind at least) that as an artist, I reside between two extremes of expression: On one hand there is the Apolline semblence of dream-imagery, the contemplation of symbolism and narrative offered by figurative art and written works; and on the other is the intoxicated self-abandonment of the Dionysiac: the primal echo of dream evoked through music and abstraction.*
* further reading on this theme: The Birth of Tragedy, Friedrich Nietzshe
Memory Lane Massacre is the title of my first novel. It traces a boy's journey into adulthood as he emerges from a brutal, isolated world to follow a trail of self discovery that leads ultimately to the task of punishing those responsible for his discontent.
Striking Coins is a selection of music based on, and featuring, poetry written during the production of Juvenilia.
Shortly, my music and literature will be accessible through www.mySpace.com/chasevalentin
dionysiac expression:
icarus zero zero
120cm x 120cm
below left:
apolline expression (photograph)
adam and rain