Jason Jagel (Juxtapoz #108) draws influence from music, fiction, comics and movies and has made artwork for album covers for the likes of Our Lady of the Highway, Dudley Perkins, Egon, MF DOOM, Madlib and more. See his new stuff in a solo show opening this coming Thursday.

Jagel displays his record cover work honestly as a vehicle for getting closer to the musicians that have directly inspired his work. Ultimately, that vehicle brings the focus of the show back to childhood days in the 70s and 80s, wherein inventing superheroes, comics, Jack Kirby, arcade games, cable TV, radio shows, records and tapes were Jagel’s major preoccupations. The show also features a sneak peak into the work that will be featured in the upcoming DOOM box set.

Regarding the title Jägel says: “I'll Fly (Into Your Heart) reminds me of the style of certain ’60’s soul songs where the inserted parenthesis creates multiple, simultaneous titles from one. It also appears as a statement of first-person dialog, leading the questions: Who or what is flying? To whose heart? For good purposes or ill?” Evident in this statement and throughout Jason’s work is a preoccupation with slippery meanings and storytelling.”

I'll Fly (Into Your Heart), features new works on display at FIFTY24SF Gallery April 1—May 26, 2010.

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