East Hampton, NY -- For the exhibition, cartoons, the artist Yung Jake will create a new body of works related to the narrative and characters in his animated stories. The storyline in Jake’s animations revolves around a character named Kelvin. The plot is shaped into various vignettes about the environment, culture and the society in which Kelvin lives. In the Moran and Spiga Galleries, elements of Jake’s cartoon will be displayed in various formats including videos, drawings, and an immersive installation.
Yung Jake is a multi-platform creator who fuses the digital and physical worlds in visual artworks, rap videos, apps and digital art made for the internet. His mediums have ranged from found and fabricated metal “combines” to video installations that reflect on pop culture, social media, consumerism, and the internet. In his “combines,” Yung Jake digitally distorts characters from cartoons and video games, as well as images of consumer products, creating twisted, elongated shapes rendered on metal. Well known for his emoji portraits, Yung Jake produces likenesses of celebrities and internet personalities in the form of pointillist portraits generated using his app, emoji.ink. The artist’s continuously evolving toolkit of internet content, combined with personal and lyrical ideas on mass culture and the internet, is a response to the ubiquity of online life and mediated experiences.
Born in Sag Harbor and raised in Bali, New Zealand, and Bridgehampton, NY, Yung Jake was established on the internet in 2011 and received his BFA from California Institute of the Arts in 2012. He has had eleven solo exhibitions since 2014, including several shows with Steve Turner, Los Angeles, a project at Art Berlin Contemporary, Berlin, and two exhibitions at Tripoli Gallery, Southampton, NY. His artwork has been included in more than 20 group shows, and featured at venues such as Sundance Film Festival, and in performances throughout Los Angeles, including Hammer Museum, REDCAT, MOCA, The Getty Center, and in New York at The Museum of Modern Art. Yung Jake exhibited in Finland in 2017 at Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, and in China at OCAT Shanghai with KADIST San Francisco in 2018.
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Yung Jake
hoody, 2019
neon and found metal on carpet
60 x 24 x 16 inches
(152.5 x 61 x 40.6 cm)
Yung Jake
animation, 2019
animation, tv, powder coated metal frame, and toy car
67 x 33 x 24 inches
(170.2 x 83.8 x 61 cm
Yung Jake
kelvin walking , 2019
animation, tv, and powder coated metal frame
66.25 x 33 x 24 inches
(168.3 x 83.8 x 61 cm)
Yung Jake
kelvin sizzle , 2019
animation, tv, and powder coated metal frame
63 x 53 x 24 inches
(160 x 134.6 x 61 cm)
Yung Jake
Don't let the outside world affect ur innards (Sides 1 & 2), 2019
powder coated frame, dry-erase marker, permanent marker, and post-its on dry erase board
75 x 45 x 24 inches
(190.5 x 114.3 x 61 cm)
Yung Jake
I'll have a glass of ur finest wine/ok but if you had to choose one (Sides 1 & 2), 2019
powder coated frame, dry-erase marker, permanent marker, and post-its on dry erase board
75 x 45 x 24 inches
(190.5 x 114.3 x 61 cm)
Yung Jake
Take the dive/green text (Sides 1 & 2), 2019
powder coated frame, dry-erase marker, permanent marker, and post-its on dry erase board
75 x 45 x 24 inches
(190.5 x 114.3 x 61 cm)
Yung Jake
desk 1, 2109
powder coated school desk with permanent marker, stickers, and zip tie
30.5 x 22 x 33 inches
(77.5 x 55.9 x 84 cm)
Yung Jake
desk 2, 2109
powder coated school desk with permanent marker, stickers, chain, and post-it drawing
30.5 x 22 x 33 inches
(77.5 x 55.9 x 84 cm)
Yung Jake
desk 3, 2019
powder coated school desk with permanent marker, stickers, and duct tape
30.5 x 22 x 33 inches
(77.5 x 55.9 x 84 cm)
Yung Jake
desk 4, 2019
powder coated school desk with permanent marker, stickers, and duct tape
30.5 x 22 x 33 inches
(77.5 x 55.9 x 84 cm)
Yung Jake
desk 5, 2019
powder coated school desk with permanent marker, stickers, and duct tape
30.5 x 22 x 33 inches
(77.5 x 55.9 x 84 cm)
Yung Jake
desk 6, 2019
powder coated school desk with permanent marker, stickers, and duct tape
30.5 x 22 x 33 inches
(77.5 x 55.9 x 84 cm)
Yung Jake
desk 7, 2019
powder coated school desk with permanent marker, stickers, zip tie, and duct tape
30.5 x 22 x 33 inches
(77.5 x 55.9 x 84 cm)
Yung Jake
desk 8, 2019
powder coated school desk with permanent marker, stickers, and duct tape
30.5 x 22 x 33 inches
(77.5 x 55.9 x 84 cm)
Yung Jake
desk 9, 2019
powder coated school desk with permanent marker, stickers, zip tie, and duct tape
30.5 x 22 x 33 inches
(77.5 x 55.9 x 84 cm)
Yung Jake
desk 10, 2019
powder coated school desk with permanent marker, stickers, and duct tape
30.5 x 22 x 33 inches
(77.5 x 55.9 x 84 cm)
Yung Jake
desk 11, 2019
powder coated school desk with permanent marker, stickers, and duct tape
30.5 x 22 x 33 inches
(77.5 x 55.9 x 84 cm)
Yung Jake
desk 12, 2019
powder coated school desk with permanent marker, stickers, zip tie, and duct tape
30.5 x 22 x 33 inches
(77.5 x 55.9 x 84 cm)
Yung Jake
window 2 , 2019
pen on post-it, plexiglass and powder coated metal frame
3 x 3 inches (4 x 4 inches framed)
(7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Yung Jake
holding up hair 2, 2019
pen on post-it, plexiglass and powder coated metal frame
3 x 3 inches (4 x 4 inches framed)
(7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Yung Jake
Yung Jake
run from ur thoughts , 2019
pen on post-it, plexiglass and powder coated metal frame
3 x 3 inches (4 x 4 inches framed)
(7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Yung Jake
it crashed, 2019
pen on post-it, plexiglass and powder coated metal frame
3 x 3 inches (4 x 4 inches framed)
(7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Yung Jake
watch yourself, 2019
pen on post-it, plexiglass and powder coated metal frame
3 x 3 inches (4 x 4 inches framed)
(7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Yung Jake
... , 2019
pen on post-it, plexiglass and powder coated metal frame
3 x 3 inches (4 x 4 inches framed)
(7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Yung Jake
, 2019
pen on post-it, plexiglass and powder coated metal frame
3 x 3 inches (4 x 4 inches framed)
(7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Yung Jake
idk whats wrong with me doc, 2019
pen on post-it, plexiglass and powder coated metal frame
3 x 3 inches (4 x 4 inches framed)
(7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Yung Jake
desert landscape , 2019
pen on post-it, plexiglass and powder coated metal frame
3 x 3 inches (4 x 4 inches framed)
(7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Yung Jake
windy rd, 2019
pen on post-it, plexiglass and powder coated metal frame
3 x 3 inches (4 x 4 inches framed)
(7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Yung Jake
TBT (post-it drawing 12) , 2019
pen on post-it, plexiglass and powder coated metal frame
3 x 3 inches (4 x 4 inches framed)
(7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Yung Jake
realistic self portrait, 2019
pen on post-it, plexiglass and powder coated metal frame
3 x 3 inches (4 x 4 inches framed)
(7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Yung Jake
playing rdr2, 2019
pen on post-it, plexiglass and powder coated metal frame
3 x 3 inches (4 x 4 inches framed)
(7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Yung Jake
chez lounge , 2019
pen on post-it, plexiglass and powder coated metal frame
3 x 3 inches (4 x 4 inches framed)
(7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Yung Jake
yellow, 2019
pen on post-it, plexiglass and powder coated metal frame
3 x 3 inches (4 x 4 inches framed)
(7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Yung Jake
log, 2019
pen on post-it, plexiglass and powder coated metal frame
3 x 3 inches (4 x 4 inches framed)
(7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Yung Jake
flying, 2019
pen on post-it, plexiglass and powder coated metal frame
3 x 3 inches (4 x 4 inches framed)
(7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Yung Jake
skating, 2019
pen on post-it, plexiglass and powder coated metal frame
3 x 3 inches (4 x 4 inches framed)
(7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Yung Jake
looking at a dumpster , 2019
pen on post-it, plexiglass and powder coated metal frame
3 x 3 inches (4 x 4 inches framed)
(7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Yung Jake
window , 2019
pen on post-it, plexiglass and powder coated metal frame
3 x 3 inches (4 x 4 inches framed)
(7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Yung Jake
shake, 2019
pen on post-it, plexiglass and powder coated metal frame
3 x 3 inches (4 x 4 inches framed)
(7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Yung Jake
meme, 2019
pen on post-it, plexiglass and powder coated metal frame
3 x 3 inches (4 x 4 inches framed)
(7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Yung Jake
sitting with legs crossed on a couch , 2019
pen on post-it, plexiglass and powder coated metal frame
3 x 3 inches (4 x 4 inches framed)
(7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Yung Jake
on go cart, 2019
pen on post-it, plexiglass and powder coated metal frame
3 x 3 inches (4 x 4 inches framed)
(7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Yung Jake
surfing, 2019
pen on post-it, plexiglass and powder coated metal frame
3 x 3 inches (4 x 4 inches framed)
(7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Yung Jake
playing video games, 2019
pen on post-it, plexiglass and powder coated metal frame
3 x 3 inches (4 x 4 inches framed)
(7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Yung Jake
lifting weight , 2019
pen on post-it, plexiglass and powder coated metal frame
3 x 3 inches (4 x 4 inches framed)
(7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Yung Jake
smoking juul , 2019
pen on post-it, plexiglass and powder coated metal frame
3 x 3 inches (4 x 4 inches framed)
(7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Yung Jake
TBT (post-it drawing) , 2019
pen on post-it, plexiglass and powder coated metal frame
3 x 3 inches (4 x 4 inches framed)
(7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Yung Jake
Yung Jake
racetrack and miscellaneous objects , 2019
dimensions vary