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BY GLEN STARKEY
Jean-Francois
Podevin
Gallery
— artistic alchemist

 

 

 More mad scientist and creative genius than mere “artist,”
   Jean-Francois Podevin creates conceptual word and picture machines
that generate thousands of possible combinations and permutations.
 His new exhibition," Left of Time,” is currently on display at SLO’s
artMinds, 560 Higuera St., Suite A, through Jan.13.

   Podevin — who’s created some 2,500 illustrations

that have graced the covers of Time,
 

     

Scientific American, Business Week, Omni, and the Washington Post, to name a few

— calls his image machines “Stochasticons” and says his work is about
illusions of time and memories.”
   One of his newest devices is “Meanwhile,” an image creator that
never tells the same story twice. “Lost Oceans” is another machine
that creates a near-unlimited combination of images. Podevin has
also displayed images he calls “Composite Memories,” which will be
displayed at the SLO Art Center in November  2007.
The artist was raised and educated in
Paris, France, where he earned a degree  
at the " Ecole Superieure d’Arts Graphiques". 
His image called “The Chaos of Consciousness” 
Appears this month on the cover of Scientific American Mind
Podevin’s work it rare in that is allows the viewer to interact and become

part of the creative process. Spend some time exploring these intriguing
devices and see where Podevin’s and your creativity intersect

 

—Glen Starkey