Artist Statement

James Kramer is a multidisciplinary artist whose work references class cultural experiences through object and image. Kramer’s practice consists of multiple fields of materiality. This consistency of material is embedded within his desires to deconstruct and reconstruct subjects, redefining a collective visual narrative. He enjoys pushing the form of an image, fabricating mass-produced objects, adding laborious depth to his practice, which is historic to the blue-collar people in his life. With social and economic conditions being an operator for his work, these acts of assigning new focuses are something important for his creative intentions.