Jimmy Descant, Severe ReConstructivist

As a Severe ReConstructivist, I started creating assemblage art in 1996 in New Orleans after a 15 year career as a roadie, pinball machine refurbisher, mechanic, salesman… Then I saw in the parts found at thrift stores and flea markets my own vision of what craftsmen put into their anonymous vision and expression of their part in creating the Golden Age of American manufacturing. Being completely self taught, I have compounded the ideas and process of found object assemblage, and inspired in my transformative moves, created my version of the West in environmental, socio-political current events, and First Peoples imagery. There is no welding in my work, it’s all cold connections. I find parts that have never seen each other that mesh naturally and form my style in a clean professional fit. Recycling is a major key, and the finding of the raw materials is the hunt and instinct, of which I am a professional in acquiring the vintage and beautiful in out of the way places. My style developed into what I call “Western Futurism” and developed live assemblage art performances in response to economic meltdown, politics, and social conscience.

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