According to The New York Times of Wednesday, August 1, 2007, Jeremy Blake, 35 years old was reported missing on July 17. His clothes and wallet were found on a beach in Queens. A bystander reported that she saw a man disrobing and walking into the water. Speculation is that he was despondent over the suicide of Theresa Duncan, age 40, his longtime companion. He found her body in their apartment. Blake, from Takoma Park, MD, received a degree from the Art Institute of Chicago and a master's from Cal Arts in Valencia.
Mr. Blake was known to bridge the gap between painting and film. His work is described as lush, color, and color-saturated. He began to make a name for himself in the 1990s using digital projections combined with colorful abstract geometric forms and photographic images. Some art critics described the work as Color Field paintings set in motion.
His work was to have been shown at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in October, in a show curated by Jonathan Binstock. His new work called Glitterbest--a collaboration he did with Malcolm McLaren--was to be part of this show. Binstock reports that the museum will try to present as full a picture as possible.
There was a dark side to this couple. You can read some of the details in Chris Lee's piece in the LA times.
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