Jason Mones’ paintings investigate various constructions of hyper-masculinity in contemporary society. From camouflaged sports fans to bare-chested performers, his recent work questions how manliness and male identities are reified through public display. Through these various postures, he is interested in exploring patterns of violence that exist deep within the aesthetics of human behavior. His current paintings reflect upon the mechanisms that surround the plasticity of visual culture, working on how these new introductions shape our fears and cultivate our deepest desires. In images concurrently violent and elegiac, he adjusts the rusty and tin-toothed hardware of their constitution.