"As It Is: A Visual Exploration of the Western Manmade Landscape is a collection of work that I have been working on for the last five years. I have found that the manmade landscape speaks clearly about things such as government policy, supply and demand, and our priorities as a nation. Much like archaeologists utilize artifacts to describe and better understand aspects of a people’s culture, I contextualize my surroundings to speak about the human condition. My role as an artist in making this work has been to carefully select what information to present as well as a sense of timing with presenting the work. Abandoned buildings, new construction, oil and gas equipment, junk piles, and wreckage have often but not exclusively been the central components of the work.

My working process usually involves generating an idea first and then letting the idea dictate what the materials will be. With the work for this show, I tried to be true to the materials that make up the objects that the work references, (ie a pumpjack is made from steel and cast iron). Most of the materials I typically work with are steel, cast iron, wood, aluminum, MDF, dirt, and lots of paint." -David Jones

David Jones, originally from Augusta, Georgia, received his BFA in sculpture from the University of Georgia in 2000. For the following year he resided in Birmingham, Alabama where he worked in the Sloss Metal Arts Artist-in-Residency program casting iron before going on to pursue his masters degree. In 2004 he received his MFA in sculpture from the University of Tennessee and then moved west to Laramie, Wyoming with his wife who is an assistant professor in sculpture at the University of Wyoming. David currently resides in Laramie where he works as a Collections Preparator for the University of Wyoming Art Museum as well as an adjunct professor for the art department there.

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