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"Life is a Dream and Art makes it become Reality. Art is a Vehicle for Human evolution, it acts as a gate between what was and what will be, bringing the ancestral fears and conquests to the minds of the digital age. My paintings are the interconnected pieces of a poem, woven with the fabric of our human experience. They tell the tale of  who we are. I believe  a deep intuitive understanding results . Our dreams come through.We have to live a in a chaotic world when we all thrive in harmony. My painting shows that Harmony pre-exists within Chaos itself ."
Jeff Roland's Artist Statement

Stepping into Jeff Roland's Universe  
by Dr Melissa Westbrook, PhD    
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"Jeff Roland creates  bold, colourful pieces which reflect a constant desire to explore the human psyche. 
 Born in France in 1969, he has sold works to collectors in France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the UK, the USA, Norway, Canada ,Italy , etc, and his work is part of the London Museum of Everything Collection and the Barcelona  Davis Museum collection . 
   Jeff Roland believes that his art, which emerges from the subconscious, should not be defined according to the expectations of the modern art world. Instead, it is a personal interaction between artist, canvas and viewer. A self-taught painter, Roland's work is characterised by his use of distinctive,tribal-like figures, a juxtaposition of opposing symbols and flattened backgrounds. His paintings fuse aspects of the raw style with contemporary literary and visual references.   A number of key themes can be idenfied in Roland's paintings. These include belonging (as an artist and individual), interconnectedness and conformity. He is also fascinated by the creation of history. The consumption of one society by another appears repeatedly in his body of works.Roland's paintings stress that "civilization" is built on the fragments of older, arguably more primitive societies. This is used as a psychological metaphor where civilization acts as the rational conscious usurping the place of the more primitive subconscious thought.
   The subconscious/conscious struggle depicted throughout Roland's work highlights another core aspect of his paintings. He constantly explores dualism and the individual's attempt to define his place within a world of opposing forces. The polarities embedded in his paintings take many forms and include light and dark, ignorance and knowledge, the invidual and the society, and the historical past (and its construction) and the present. His juxtaposition of primitive symbols- such as snakes and neolithic style figures - and contemporary symbols (including pop culture rabbits) - are a prominent example of this concern. These opposites, which affect both the artist and viewer, signify the constant pull of the conscious and subconscious on the individual.Jeff Roland's paintings are not limited to a dualistic world view. The artist firmly believes that between the two most extreme points there are many universes and infinite possibilities. As such, his works record the fluid transition from one state of being to another.
Dr Melissa Westbrook Ph.D June 2010

COMING SOON

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CIRCUS TERMINAL USA February 15 to March 12 2013

Jeff Roland is talking to your guts
by Nadine Servant, Gallerist 

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Nothing is fixed in his paintings, nor explained. Enigmatic entanglements of faces, hands living on their  own and. ..the Rabbit .
  The ochred sulphur, the warm blues, the reddish greens cannot help the human, lost in uncertainties and multiple universes. 
  This disturbing artefact of childhood is fighting complacency and naivety , by imposing itself in a world of adults who are lost in odd truths. Without a look at each other, everyone assumes his loneliness in an abysmal universe of constellated colours.
Jeff Roland is an inspired dissident  
               Nadine Servant 
                            June 2010

Jeff Roland is 
represented by 

Miranda Sky for the UK
If you love Jeff’s artwork and would like to have his creatures and his good self, touch down in YOUR universe... then this international artist and adventurer would love to hear from you! Do you have or know of a gallery space where you reside that would permit his artwork to rest their weary bones and see new sights? If so, then get in touch and give them the chance to breathe in the unfamiliar for a short period.                      They need a vacation from the studio! Anything is possible, subject to a favourable wind blowing from the West! If this appeals and piques your entrepreneurial spirit then please contact  Miranda Sky      (agent to the artiste extraordinaire) for further investigation into spreading his magick on a paranormal, global scale!  

James Harper for the USA

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james harper fine arts gallery
44 w granada blvd
ormond beach, FL 32174   FOR the U.S.A

represented by Francesca Nannini 
- You-Art -
for Italy

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