Jay Bolotin
The Book of Only Enoch: Elements of a Motion Picture
February 29 - March 3, 2024
Booth No. D8
The first behind-the-scenes glimpse of the fourteen-year long production of Jay Bolotin’s upcoming feature length animated motion picture The Jackleg Testament, part II: The Book of Only Enoch, based on a narrative he created in a portfolio of 20 woodcut and etched prints titled The Book of Only Enoch, a seemingly local screed based on the apocryphal Old Testament Book of Enoch about a man who went to heaven and lived to tell the tale. This exhibition features parts of the sculptural sets, prints from the portfolio, a selection of narrative graphite drawings and some of the hundreds of working graphite drawings from which the characters, additional flora, fauna, objects and further architectural elements are rigged and animated.
The film’s prequel, The Jackleg Testament, part I: Jack & Eve (2007), through which Bolotin pioneered the use of woodcut printmaking in digital animation, was awarded Best Animation at the 2007 Santa Fe Film Festival and for a decade was the subject of many exhibitions and screenings in the US as well as England, Russia, and Chile.
In its last year of production, The Jackleg Testament, part II: The Book of Only Enoch will premiere in January 2025 at the University of Kentucky Art Museum.
Appalachian Village, 2024, Wood, cast plaster, resin, found objects, Approx. 50 x 78 x 40 inches, $68,000.
The Alpha Tree, 2023, Wood, resin, 35 x 33 x 20 inches, $16,000.
Head of the Woman in the Window & the Body of General Pescador, 2011, Graphite on illustration board, 15 x 20 inches, board, 17 1/4 x 22 1/4 inches, frame, $4,800.
Clothing for the Master of Ceremonies, 2021, Graphite on illustration board, 15 x 20 inches, board, 17 1/4 x 22 1/4 inches, frame, $4,800.
Some Houses of Only Enoch, 2015, Graphite on illustration board, 19 x 28 1/2 inches, image, 26 1/4 x 36 inches, frame, $6,800.
House of Only Enoch, 2023, Wood, plaster, grout, resin, found objects, 30 x 20 x 14 inches, $16,000.
“No One Seems to Notice That It's Raining,” 2018, Previously unreleased recordings 1970-75, Vinyl record + Digital Album, 12 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches, $25.
Teacup Ride, 2007, Woodcut, lithograph Drawn and cut by Jay Bolotin, UNO print workshop, Omaha, Nebraska 30 x 22 inches, paper, 26 1/2 x 31 3/4 inches, frame, $3,500.
The Book of Only Enoch, 2011 - 2014, Portfolio of 20 combined woodcuts & etchings, Edition of 20 + 5 Aps, 19/20 Drawn and cut by Jay Bolotin 10 prints: 31 1/2 x 23 inches, paper 7 prints: 23 x 31 1/2 inches, paper 2 prints: 23 x 63 inches, paper 1 print: 46 x 31 1/2 inches, paper $20,000.
Truth Outside the Teacup Ride, 2015, Graphite on illustration board, 15 x 20 inches, board, 17 1/4 x 22 1/4 inches, frame, $4,800.
The Rabbit & the Frog Who Witness the Entrance of Tuba Man, 2023, Graphite on illustration board, 15 x 20 inches, paper, 17 1/4 x 22 1/4 inches, frame, $4,800.
Hickory & Walnut Outside Enoch’s Bedroom, 2012, Graphite on illustration board 15 x 20 inches, image, 19 ½ x 24 ½ inches, frame, $4,800.
The Sister of Vanity in the Gatehouse of the Cemetery, 2014, Graphite on illustration board, 15 x 20 inches, board, 17 1/4 x 22 1/4 inches, frame, $4,800.
Master of Ceremony, 2021, Graphite on illustration board, 16 x 20 inches, board, 18 1/4 x 22 1/4 inches, frame, $4,800.
Clouds at the Entrance to the City, 2020, Graphite on illustration board, 16 x 20 inches, paper, 18 1/4 x 22 1/4 inches, frame, $4,800.
Home of the Crows in the Hollow Called Perdition, 2022, Graphite on illustration board, 16 x 20 inches, board, 18 1/4 x 22 1/4 inches, frame, $4,800.
The L Portfolio, 2020, A portfolio of 9 woodcuts, Edition: Edition of 10, 8/10, 24 x 20 inches, $15,000.
XI. The Thread Unraveled, 2015, Print from the portfolio The Book of Only Enoch Combined woodcut and etching, Edition of 20 + 5 Aps, State Proof Drawn and cut by Jay Bolotin, 31 1/2 x 23 inches, paper, 34 1 /2 x 25 inches, frame, $4,000.
XVII. Bones, 2015, Print from the portfolio The Book of Only Enoch Combined woodcut and etching, Edition of 20 + 5 Aps, 1st State Proof Drawn and cut by Jay Bolotin, 23 x 63 inches, paper, 26 x 65 3/4, frame, $4,800.
XII. The Diamond of Her Tights, 2015, Print from the portfolio The Book of Only Enoch, Combined woodcut and etching, Edition of 20 + 5 Aps, Trial Proof Drawn and cut by Jay Bolotin, 31 1/2 x 23 inches, paper, 34 1 /2 x 25 inches, frame, $4,000.
XV. Shows Me What Yous Got, 2015, Print from the portfolio The Book of Only Enoch, Combined woodcut and etching, Edition of 20 + 5 Aps, Trial Proof, Drawn and cut by Jay Bolotin, 46 x 31 1/2 inches, paper, $4,000.
A Prehistory to that which is, by mistake, called The Fall of Man: Jack and Eve, 1999, 12 color woodcut prints, Drawn and cut by Jay Bolotin, Printed by Michelle Red Elk, Edition of 22, 17/22, 22 x 19 inches each, paper, $20,000.