{"id":258368,"date":"2025-09-27T09:17:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T09:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/258368\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T09:17:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T09:17:14","slug":"abstract-shapes-build-jason-boyd-kinsellas-expressive-and-unique-characters-colossal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/258368\/","title":{"rendered":"Abstract Shapes Build Jason Boyd Kinsella’s Expressive and Unique Characters \u2014 Colossal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jason Boyd Kinsella<\/a> refers to himself as \u201ca collector of things at heart.\u201d The manner in which the Toronto-born, Oslo-based artist (previously<\/a>) assembles shapes and colors appears to emerge from this lineage, his impeccable ability to capture a particular human emotion through abstract forms on full display.<\/p>\n

Alchemy of the Eternal Self is Kinsella\u2019s most recent body of work and continues his bold portraiture focused on the building blocks of our inner lives. Standing several feet tall, the geometric figures loom larger than most viewers, their bold personalities inviting an encounter.<\/p>\n

\"an\u201cLuna\u201d (2025), oil on canvas, 104 x 124 centimeters<\/p>\n

Kinsella zooms out in some of the pieces in the series, including \u201cLuna\u201d and its titular hunched character. With a sleek, white bob and perpetual frown, the figure\u2019s long fingers reach for the ground as she turns to look out of frame. Exploring body language in addition to facial expressions, the artist also turns to art history, drawing the woman\u2019s bent posture from Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Millet\u2019s \u201cThe Gleaners<\/a>.\u201d The large-scale painting, completed in 1857, garnered sympathy for the lowest classes and showed their essential labor.<\/p>\n

In this way, Kinsella puzzles together both the timely and enduring, prompting connections through his Cubist paintings in which pure feeling and expression show that no matter how different we appear, we\u2019re all made of the same emotional DNA.<\/p>\n

Alchemy of the Eternal Self is on view through October 24 at Perrotin<\/a> in Shanghai. Keep up with Kinsella\u2019s work on his website<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"an\u201cGraham\u201d (2025), oil on canvas, 109 x 89 centimeters<\/p>\n

\"an\u201cHelen\u201d (2025), oil on canvas, 159 x 134 centimeters<\/p>\n

\"an\u201cFreddy\u201d (2025), oil on canvas, 184 x 184 centimeters<\/p>\n

\"an\u201cPaula\u201d (2025), oil on canvas, 189 x 159 centimeters<\/p>\n

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