John Salvest

b. 1955, Kearny, N.J.
A - Ash
A - Ash

Beginning with a love of wordplay, John Salvest’s site-specific installations and object-based art explore issues of time and mortality, the paradoxes of life and the true and proverbial in literature. He often employs literature and a sharp eye to create subtly provocative yet often ironic perceptions into the human condition. Working from collected objects specific for the installation or sculpture (business cards, matches, bottle caps, and stamps for his smaller “objects,” as he calls them, while shipping containers, billboards, far more business cards, punching bags are incorporated in his larger projects). His use of text and language as form allow for a range of interpretation and requires the viewer to examine connotations between text and everyday objects.

Based in Jonesboro, AR Salvest is a Professor of Art at Arkansas State University. He received his B.A. In English from Duke University and an M.F.A. in sculpture from the University of Iowa. In addition to being reviewed and featured in numerous publications, such as Art in America, The New York Times, Art Papers and The New York Examiner, Salvest is the recipient of various awards and grants including two National Endowments for the Arts Fellowships and a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. His notable public art projects locations include the Cannon Center for Performing Arts in Memphis, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Grand Arts in Kansas City

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A - Ash
A - Ash
B - Beech
B - Beech
C - Cherry
C - Cherry
D - Dogwood
D - Dogwood
E - Elm
E - Elm
F - Fig
F - Fig
G - Ginko
G - Ginko
H - Hickory
H - Hickory
I - Ironwood
I - Ironwood
J - Judas Tree
J - Judas Tree
K - Katsura
K - Katsura
L - Locust
L - Locust
M - Maple
M - Maple
N - Nutmeg
N - Nutmeg
O - Oak
O - Oak
P - Persimmon
P - Persimmon
Q - Quince
Q - Quince
R - Rowan
R - Rowan
S - Sassafras
S - Sassafras
T - Tulip
T - Tulip
U - Ulmo
U - Ulmo
V - Virgilia
V - Virgilia
W - Walnut
W - Walnut
X - Xanthoceras
X - Xanthoceras
Y - Yew
Y - Yew
Z - Zelkova
Z - Zelkova
Alphabetanica Stamp Tree
Alphabetanica Stamp Tree
A - Ash
A - Ash
archival ink on Lenox 100, 36x26
2020
B - Beech
B - Beech
archival ink on Lenox 100, 36x26
2020
C - Cherry
C - Cherry
archival ink on Lenox 100, 36x26
2020
D - Dogwood
D - Dogwood
archival ink on Lenox 100, 36x26
2020
E - Elm
E - Elm
archival ink on Lenox 100, 36x26
2020
F - Fig
F - Fig
archival ink on Lenox 100, 36x26
2020
G - Ginko
G - Ginko
archival ink on Lenox 100, 36x26
2020
H - Hickory
H - Hickory
archival ink on Lenox 100, 36x26
2020
I - Ironwood
I - Ironwood
archival ink on Lenox 100, 36x26
2020
J - Judas Tree
J - Judas Tree
archival ink on Lenox 100, 36x26
2020
K - Katsura
K - Katsura
archival ink on Lenox 100, 36x26
2020
L - Locust
L - Locust
archival ink on Lenox 100, 36x26
2020
M - Maple
M - Maple
archival ink on Lenox 100, 36x26
2020
N - Nutmeg
N - Nutmeg
archival ink on Lenox 100, 36x26
2020
O - Oak
O - Oak
archival ink on Lenox 100, 36x26
2020
P - Persimmon
P - Persimmon
archival ink on Lenox 100, 36x26
2020
Q - Quince
Q - Quince
archival ink on Lenox 100, 36x26
2020
R - Rowan
R - Rowan
archival ink on Lenox 100, 36x26
2020
S - Sassafras
S - Sassafras
archival ink on Lenox 100, 36x26
2020
T - Tulip
T - Tulip
archival ink on Lenox 100, 36x26
2020
U - Ulmo
U - Ulmo
archival ink on Lenox 100, 36x26
2020
V - Virgilia
V - Virgilia
archival ink on Lenox 100, 36x26
2020
W - Walnut
W - Walnut
archival ink on Lenox 100, 36x26
2020
X - Xanthoceras
X - Xanthoceras
archival ink on Lenox 100, 36x26
2020
Y - Yew
Y - Yew
archival ink on Lenox 100, 36x26
2020
Z - Zelkova
Z - Zelkova
archival ink on Lenox 100, 36x26
2020
Alphabetanica Stamp Tree
Alphabetanica Stamp Tree
found materials, 20x10x10
2021

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