Disorder 2018

Editor: We're looking at "Disorder," a mixed-media collage from 2018 by Jason Limon. It strikes me as both whimsical and unsettling, with its juxtaposed images and fragmented words. What's your read on this piece? Curator: The work's power lies in its fractured nature. Consider the title, "Disorder," against the backdrop of meticulously rendered images. We have a face peering out, overlaid with text. This jarring disjunction makes me think about the struggle for clarity amidst societal chaos. How do the fragmented words impact you? Editor: They feel like whispers, fragmented thoughts or societal expectations almost imposed upon the central figure. Like external pressures. Curator: Precisely. And Limon presents these as integral to her identity, quite literally overlaid on her face. There is folk art meeting graffiti in pictorial space that reminds us of a world constantly bombarded with coded meanings. Notice how box-like structures abound. It seems there is an obsession with rational architecture being pulled apart at its seams. Editor: I see what you mean about the rational structures breaking down; the image feels both very composed and kind of fractured. Like the tension between wanting to be contained, but also pushing to escape. Curator: Indeed. We’re seeing the artist tap into deep-seated anxieties about control versus freedom, order versus chaos. The images themselves become symbolic carriers of this cultural unease. A rose paired to a skeletal hand! Doesn’t that contrast highlight those tensions even more? Editor: Definitely! I hadn't thought about it quite that way, but seeing it through the lens of cultural anxiety really shifts my perspective. Curator: Ultimately, Limon gives us a complex reflection on the human condition, inviting us to question the imposed orders that define our realities.