JEFFREY BAYKAL-ROLLINS

Even As We Speak

Even As We Speak is an on-going project reflecting upon the epidemic of gun-violence throughout the United States today. Combining images and texts from gravestone rubbings made in communities particularly affected by gun-violence, Baykal-Rollins creates multimedia paintings interweaving a densely-layered visual language of loss.

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Died In Chicago, graphite rubbings from gravestones and digital print, 2018.

Died In Chicago, graphite rubbings from gravestones and digital print, 2018.

Even As We Speak, gravestone rubbings and digital print, 2019

Even As We Speak, gravestone rubbings and digital print, 2019

Even As We Speak, graphite rubbings from gravestones and digital print, 2019.

Even As We Speak, graphite rubbings from gravestones and digital print, 2019.

I Shall Be Awake, graphite rubbings from gravestones and digital print, 2018.

I Shall Be Awake, graphite rubbings from gravestones and digital print, 2018.

Even As We Speak (Enough Said), graphite rubbings from gravestones and digital print, 2019.

Even As We Speak (Enough Said), graphite rubbings from gravestones and digital print, 2019.

Even As We Speak (Without Words), gravestone rubbings and digital print, 2020

Even As We Speak (Without Words), gravestone rubbings and digital print, 2020

Even As We Speak (Midterms), graphite rubbings from gravestones, digital prints and repurposed lawn signs, Connecticut State Capitol, Hartford, CT, 2018.

Even As We Speak (Midterms), graphite rubbings from gravestones, digital prints and repurposed lawn signs, Connecticut State Capitol, Hartford, CT, 2018.

EVEN AS WE SPEAK (MIDTERMS), GRAPHITE RUBBINGS FROM GRAVESTONES, DIGITAL PRINTS AND REPURPOSED LAWN SIGNS, CONNECTICUT STATE CAPITOL, HARTFORD, CT, 2018.

EVEN AS WE SPEAK (MIDTERMS), GRAPHITE RUBBINGS FROM GRAVESTONES, DIGITAL PRINTS AND REPURPOSED LAWN SIGNS, CONNECTICUT STATE CAPITOL, HARTFORD, CT, 2018.

Even As We Speak (Midterms), graphite rubbings from gravestones, digital prints and repurposed lawn signs, Connecticut State Capitol, Hartford, CT, 2018.

Even As We Speak (Midterms), graphite rubbings from gravestones, digital prints and repurposed lawn signs, Connecticut State Capitol, Hartford, CT, 2018.