STATEMENT

From Juxtapoz magazine, 1998:

An illustrator by trade, Jordin Isip is an artist who through his extensive body of work has inadvertently become a sort of cultural archeologist. Using bits and pieces of fragmented daily life--both physical and mental--Isip plies together his multi-layered apparitions, creating what may be described as a series of visual time capsules.

"I like the ephemeral quality of using deteriorating materials I pick up on the streets. New York is a big influence: the dirt, the grime, the noise, the claustrophobia, and the litter. I'll take anything interesting I find, like bits of magazine and newspaper, and form them into shapes to incorporate in my work. I like to use the printed colors that have been weathered, stepped on, and torn, rather than just manufactured ones. I lay down pieces and paint over the layers and rip them away to see what happens. Some of my most interesting effects come about that way."

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