A
WORD FROM JIM CHARETTE BEFORE YOU ENTER |
"First,I
want to say thank you for having interest enough in what I
do to find your way here.I
must warn you in advance though that some people have been
shocked,disturbed and/or offended by some of my work.That
said,I want you to know that THAT is not my intention.I try
to be as honest as I can be to the images and ideas that present
themselves to me and I refuse to censor the muses.I am merely
a reflection of and a reaction to the world that I see around
me.On the other hand if,in a time when war,famine,aids,pedophilia,rape,torture,animal
cruelty and any number of other hideous crimes of humanity
against itself and everything around it are almost considered
acceptable behavior,you can still be offended by an image,then,perhaps
you should be.-Jim Charette"
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NOTE:The
larger canvases that I work on are all on unstretched canvas
and as such I wish for them to be displayed this way.In general
I seldom ever frame my work as I feel like it separates the
viewer from the art and,in fact,wherever I have used frames
in a piece,they become a part of the piece.I want the viewer
to see the hand of the artist in the work and to connect directly
with the work and I feel that frames and glass only serve to
separate the two and lessen the experience.-Jim Charette |
for
all inquiries on purchasing the art of jim charette or to arrange
a gallery showing please contact sue corbin at
suecorbinagency@aol.com
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The
Jim Charette Sound Project was
officially started April 8th,2008,when I approached a few
friends about letting me use some of their lyrical and vocal
skills to mix in with some of the muzak I'd created.I've always
considered it muzak as I am not a musician,nor do I pretend
to be one.I don't consider these 'songs' so much as pieces
of art,sound sculptures if you will.Simply an artist playing
with sound.I am not a performer,once I record these improvised
tracks I will never play them again.I wouldn't want to repaint
the same painting over and over again as I am less interested
in performing them than I am in creating them.So,as of April
8th,2008 and continuing through April 7th 2009,I will post
one new piece every day and then see where I go from there.So,please,check
them out and,if you enjoy them,tell somebody you know about
them,and feel free to let me know what you think.I appreciate
any and all feedback.
Jim
Charette
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coming
soon-free mp3 downloads of all 26 available discs.they will
be posted as they are ready so,check back often. |
So
why Riverrats Press you might well ask??
Well,it's
simple really.I am from a city called Fall
River and,unlike many who also grew up here,I have
always loved this city.I haven't traveled extensively but,I've
been on enough road trips,from New York to Georgia,Florida,Ohio,South
Dakota and many in between,to have seen a lot of places in
this vast country of ours.I've seen a plethora of cities and
towns that would have made fine places to live but,they all
have the same things in common.Whether they're full of hills
and mills or forests and mountains,are smack dab in the middle
of the flat plains or an amalgam of concrete and steel,they
all have a good side and a bad side.Fall River is no different
in that respect.I was born and raised in this working class
town and more than just proud to say so.And thus when it came
time to come up with a name,back in 91,for a company to do
business as I wanted to include my home in that mix and thus....
I
AM a Riverrat!!-Jim Charette
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