No Identity 2019

Curator: Jason Limon's "No Identity," created in 2019, is a compelling piece working with acrylic and mixed media to create something both striking and thought-provoking. Editor: It definitely stops you. The skull, broken into segments with letters... there’s something unsettling and fragmented about it, almost clinical, despite the somewhat rough texture of the surface. Curator: Well, skulls and the concept of Memento Mori, reminders of mortality, have been prominent in art for centuries. But Limon adds a distinctly contemporary twist. Think of the street art influence, a dialogue between classical themes and modern visual language. You see hints of graffiti aesthetics popping up even with the lettering. Editor: Absolutely. It makes me consider the labor—the hands-on process of building up layers of paint and texture and literally fragmenting this image of a skull. Each piece is almost modular, pointing to a mechanized or reproduced means, making it feel less about mortality and more about... disassembly. Curator: Disassembly maybe as a kind of cultural critique? I wonder if the title pushes us towards questioning how identities are constructed and fractured in our digital age and mediated through socio-political avenues. What does it mean to "lose" an identity in our contemporary moment? Editor: That reading sits well. The rough application of the paint, almost crude in places, and the mixed media—whatever Limon incorporated to build texture—emphasizes the act of making. Maybe identity is less an intrinsic "thing" and more of an accumulation, built through lived actions and the marks they leave behind. Like the physical accumulation on the canvas itself. Curator: So you are proposing the artwork doesn’t only talk about what makes up Identity, but what tangible remnants form it as it fades? Fascinating. Ultimately, Limon has given us a complex visual riddle with “No Identity,” blending artistic genres while questioning historical concepts of self. Editor: And from a maker’s perspective, it reveals how even the oldest subjects gain new weight with the right tools and touch. Thanks to Jason Limon for offering some disassembly, forcing us to rethink how identities, just like the materials around us, shift and evolve through labor.