Featured Artist: Jesse Olanday

Always a sucker for craftsmanship over content. Usually I don't think about the end product as much as technique or getting wrapped up in the process. The content evolves naturally and makes each piece, even how simplistic in design, more personal. Making work that revolves around multiples or having utilitarian final product pacifies this urge to find a common ground between the lay person and the high end art critic. During the latest Space1026 installation at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia the UPS delivery guy was just as stoked about it as were the curators and director. Now the goal is keep that kind of track record.

I try to look at each project in the same way my 3 year old twin, nephews look at an big, empty cardboard box. There is so much potential: a fort, spaceship, tractor trailer, submarine, robot suit…

And working along side other 1026 members definitely nurtures that kind of excitement about making random art stuffs.

See more Jesse's work on his website.