Jesse Amado

Love Letter with Song Lyrics, c. 2001

Digital print

14.5 x 23.375 in (36.83 x 59.37 cm)

Edition. Printer's Proof (From edition of: 1 BAT, 2 PPs, 2 APs, 10 numbered editions)

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In Jesse Amado’s 2001 digital print (Hare & Hound Press), "Love Letter with Song Lyrics," the artist utilized a DYMO label maker to create embossed strands of tape that loop over and amongst each other.

"In “Love Letter with Song Lyrics,” the pile of tape lies prone as a metaphor for the remains of an ended relationship, with visible phrases as reminders of the trials and tribulations of a romance gone bad, and an aura of red light alluding to matters of the heart." - David S. Rubin

About the artist

Jesse Amado

Known for art that is conceptually based and highly formal, Jesse Amado’s practice occupies the minimal space that hovers between life and art. His work is imbued by the symbolic power of image-making and its formal or stylistic potentialities. One of his recurring themes centers on a precise choice of materials that allow him to transform those into something entirely different, and always with the purpose of conveying the human experience. His work is grounded in his Mexican American heritage, South Texas aesthetics and conceptual practices that are anchored in social realities, history and politics.