Jamie Sneider at Wreath

Artist: Jamie Sneider

Exhibition title: Conduits

Venue: Wreath, Decatur, US

Date: June 28 – July 27, 2018

Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Wreath

: a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed

  • a conduit for rainwater

2 : a pipe, tube, or tile for protecting electric wires or cables
3 : a means of transmitting or distributing

  • a conduit for illicit payments
  • a conduit of information

– channeling

A conduit, in esoterism, and spiritual discourse, is a specific object, person, location, or process (such as engaging in a séance or entering a trance) which allows a person to connect or communicate with a spiritual realm, metaphysical energy, or spiritual entity, or vice versa.

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I feel like a robot with organs and they gotta see what’s wrong with my parts I am reminded I am a human and not a robot when I see the veins sticking out of my forehead. Conduits.

Like an industrial robot inside
Lacking flesh

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Jamie Sneider, A Marked House, 2018, Squid ink, food dye, urine and cutch on canvas, 40 x 30 inches

Jamie Sneider, A Marked House, 2018, Squid ink, food dye, urine and cutch on canvas, 40 x 30 inches

Jamie Sneider, I Surrender (slotted angle bar), 2018, Concrete, steel safety plate, slotted angle bar, s-hook, 43 x 12 x 8 inches

Jamie Sneider, I Surrender (pipe), 2018, Concrete, steel safety plate, steel pipe, s-hook, 43 x 12 x 8 inches

Jamie Sneider, Untitled (Marker), 2018, Zinc plated steel, bolts, nuts and slotted angle bars, 68 x 24 inches

Jamie Sneider, Untitled (Marker), 2018, Zinc plated steel, bolts, nuts and slotted angle bars, 68 x 24 inches

Jamie Sneider, Conduits, 2018, exhibition view, Wreath, Decatur, US

Jamie Sneider, Conduits, 2018, exhibition view, Wreath, Decatur, US

Jamie Sneider, Organizing life/death of plant and metal objects, 2018, Steel pipe and conduit, rusted chain, plant, leaf, silicone and zinc coated steel, 36 x 24 inches

Jamie Sneider, Organizing life/death of plant and metal objects, 2018, Steel pipe and conduit, rusted chain, plant, leaf, silicone and zinc coated steel, 36 x 24 inches

Jamie Sneider, Organizing life/death of plant and metal objects, 2018, Steel pipe and conduit, rusted chain, plant, leaf, silicone and zinc coated steel, 36 x 24 inches

Jamie Sneider, The Motherland Is Not So Far Away, 2018, Cutch, squid ink, urine and coffee on canvas, 52 x 40 inches

Jamie Sneider, Conduits, 2018, exhibition view, Wreath, Decatur, US

Jamie Sneider, Conduits, 2018, slotted angle bar, steel pipe, 72 x 3.5 inches

Jamie Sneider, Alive/Dead, 2018, Zinc plated steel, leaf, chain with urine and vinegar, rebar and silicone, 60 inches x 14 inches

Jamie Sneider, Alive/Dead, 2018, Zinc plated steel, leaf, chain with urine and vinegar, rebar and silicone, 60 inches x 14 inches

Jamie Sneider, Untitled (Lath), 2018, Steel conduit, safety plate and steel chain, 60 x 48 inches

Jamie Sneider, Untitled (Lath), 2018, Steel conduit, safety plate and steel chain, 60 x 48 inches

Jamie Sneider, Conduits, 2018, exhibition view, Wreath, Decatur, US

Jamie Sneider, Conduits, 2018, exhibition view, Wreath, Decatur, US