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We Carry Each Other (Slight Return)

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Jermaine Rogers in his own words, alongside research from the archive. Quoted material is reproduced verbatim, and every voice is labelled.

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This screen print measures approx. 32 x 22 inches and is printed on white gallery stock. The imagery is an updated twist of one of Jermaine's most recognized images, 'We Carry Each Other', which depicted two bunny rabbits in an intimate embrace. That 'bunny' design was not only used by the band Deftones in a poster for their Philadelphia and Boston shows, but was also released as a much sought-after art print. This new design substitutes another of Jermaine's highly recognized creations, The Dero, in the same intimate embrace...though a bit more disturbing. Of the imagery, Jermaine says,

'These 'Carry' images, both the one with the bunnies from years ago and this new one with the Dero bears, convey a certain intimacy between two characters that, in each case, I'd always depicted alone. I first used the Dero bear on a prominent concert poster/flyer back in 1995. It was a flyer for a KMFDM show. Since then, the DERO bear has become quite known in the 'rock art' world, and I've used them on various prints for various bands...as well as creating a vinyl toy line based on these beings. Individually, these characters were always a bit disturbing... and depicting them as a single, solitary threat was enough to convey this. To actually depict TWO of them involved in an embrace gave them a warmth that was non-existent in my previous works featuring them. I like the idea that everything is co-dependent... no matter how threatening it is on its own. Everything, on some level, needs something else. We all carry something, or someone else.'

Jermaine Rogers
Chronicle by Marc Fellows
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