Get a load of this! I contributed to the Autumn 2020 issue of Content Magazine. The issue is about making art during the time of COVID. Some amazing artists featured in here. Check out the full issue.
I’m pretty pleased with the write up, which was written by Taran Escobar-Ausman. Since this is a site designed to publicize my work, I’ll drop a few quotes from the article.
Self-taught artist and parent Jonathan Crow discovered that quarantine actually resulted in less time in the art studio. Crow experienced a shift in priorities, mainly preoccupied by the insurmountable task of keeping his six-year-old educated and entertained. Like many of us during this time, Jonathan checks social media – especially Twitter – and finds it hard to cope with the frustration of a world that appears “maddening and sickening.” The reality of COVID-19 and the BLM protests, however, have inadvertently bolstered Jonathan’s conceptual focus in his artwork.
This last bit hadn’t occurred to me but it’s probably true.
Another passage:
Jonathan Crow’s stylistic theme fits into the context of current events, but our quarantine and global pandemic increase the emotional potency for viewers. His art may reveal hard truths while also offering a catharsis that brings you back from the void. “Art can bring intellectual and emotional clarity to all the chaos and toxicity. Art can also tune into the the subconscious currents of the zeitgeist and articulate them in a way that is beyond words or really even rational thought.”
