“20x24 Polaroid Pieces”

"A Child in Exile"

"A Wink Above the Slipping Mask"

'The Archaeology of Passivity"

"An Escape to Captivity and Back"

"Getting Past the Present"

"Heavy Losses in the Hands of a Lesser Life"

"How Our Weapons Have Hurt Us"

"Men of Inaction"

"The Mind of a Failed Father"

"Mirrors in the Labyrinth"

"Notes of A Visable Man"

"Of Brotherly Love and Other Odd Notions"

"Only a Child Can Tell a Children's Story"

"The Post-Modern Aura"

"The Voices of Women Reckoning"

"True Crime Is Never Quite Enough"

"Unspoken Emotions of an Ex-Boy"

"Without Consent Or Contract"

"Words of Fantasy Melody of Truth"

Jack Butler CSF Distinguished Artists Forum 1989

Jack Butler in his Studio 1990

Fahey Klein Exhibition 1991

Jack Butler, Fahey Klein Gallery 1990

David Fahey, Fahey Klein Gallery 1990

Susie Stroll, Nancy Butler, Fahey Klein Gallery 1990

Eileen Cowin, Jay Brecker, Fahey Klein Gallery 1990

20x24 Polaroid Camera set up

Jack Butler and John Reuter, Polaroid 20x24 Camera

Aqusition by Los Angeles County Museum of Art

The “Polaroid groups” represent an on going investigation into the cyclic nature of life and familiar (family) mores. The linking of 40’s and 50’s imagery with contemporary phraseology accomplishes what has been described as “ time-bridging connections”. My childhood forms the basis for much of the emotional and psychological basis of this work. Each piece is made up of four 20 x 24 Polaroid photographs. The images suggest “instant photo” yet the scale and content do not. Each piece is intended to pose the question “ to what extent have we internalized the rationalizations of false hope and expectations, and with them, the self-victimization they entail.

1989-90

20x24 Polaroids (80x24 inches) / Assistance The Polaroid Corporation

20x24 Polaroid pieces

“20x24 Polaroid Pieces”