The One Year Between Us: Jordan Ramsey Ismaiel
Feb 6-March 14, 2025
An exhibition of paintings by artist Jordan Ramsey Ismaiel. The striking large scale self-portraits have been described by the artist as, “work made during the culmination of my graduate education in Eastern Iowa and considers the insufficiency to ‘move past’ events which have ultimately altered my art practice. Referencing Edwin H. Blashfield’s mural, ‘Westward,’ (1905), commissioned by the State of Iowa for its capital building in Des Moines, these group of paintings and drawings consider the idealization and pitfalls of westward expansion as an out-dated promise for both individual and communal growth. And further, how this promise does not necessarily extend to my own experiences in moving to the rural Midwest.”
Untitled (self-portrait), Chalk, Charcoal, Conté Crayon, Graphite, and Ink on Paper, 36in x 54in, 2023