STATE OF THE UNION is a frame by frame animation of super8 film footage shot from a television screen of the 2006 State of the Union
Address. Visible in the frame are George Bush, Dick Cheney, and Nancy Pelosi.
Jonathan Podwil (1966, Philadelphia PA) is a Brooklyn based painter, filmmaker and animator. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania & Pennslyvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and
at Konstskola Forum in Malmö, Sweden. He has exhibited in New York City at Plane Space, White Columns, Smack Mellon,
and the Dumbo Arts Center. He has also exibited in solo and group shows in Los Angeles, Vienna, Berlin, Malmö,
Stockholm and Torino.
click here for a video clip of 'State of the Union'



still image, State of the Union
2008, oil on linen 36x42"

State of the Union
2008, oil on linen 36x42"

Meeting 1983 #2 2005, oil
on linen, 36x42"
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