Jonathan
Lerman (born 1987) Jonathan
Lerman (born 1987)
Jonathan Lerman was diagnosed with
autism at age two. With little ability to communicate verbally, Lerman suddenly
began drawing at age ten. Although the reason for Lerman’s unexpected
impulse to draw is unknown (but perhaps related to the death of his grandfather),
it is clear that these early drawings were a means of giving order to and assembling
his fragmented visual world. Lerman’s parents brought his drawings to
the
attention of Kerry Schuss, director of KS Art in New York who gave him a solo
exhibition in 1999. His charcoal drawings include portraits of real people as
well as figures from his imagination. Lerman composes with a confident hand
filling the page with strong accentuated lines and dramatic shadows that capture
the essence of the human face and the depth of emotions therein. Lerman, now
age sixteen, is experimenting with color and incorporating background in his
compositions. Subjects popular with adolescents have begun to appear such rock
stars and sexual references.
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