Jack and Suzy Welch Add Datascape to Art Collection Best-selling authors and founders of the Jack Welch Management Institute are “thrilled” to have “stunning” work by artist Jonathan Spring in their collection Jack and Suzy Welch, well-known as the former CEO of GE and CNBC Host, respectively, have added a substantial new work to their art collection, “Amy Sings the Blues,” by Boston-based artist Jonathan Spring.

Spring is known for his “Datascapes,” sculptural paintings that abstract data into art. “Amy Sings the Blues” is Spring’s interpretation of sound waveforms from Amy Winehouse singing “Blues in the Night.” Jack and Suzy Welch write: “Jonathan Spring’s work struck us immediately as hitting on all cylinders. It is beautiful – stunning, really. And yet it transcends the decorative by directly addressing one of the most urgent matters of our era, the human relationship with the machine.” “How do we make sense of all the data that surrounds us, as we must? How do we use information, rather than abuse it, or allow it to use us? How do we remain individuals in a world that can diminish us into bits and bytes? Jonathan’s pieces answer those questions with powerful eloquence, by taking data in all its forms and transforming it into art, writ large.” “Yes, he seems to say, data is everywhere and in everything. And yet, the human mind and the human heart have the capacity to capture, distill, and even subdue, data, milling it into powerful expressions of spirit, hope, and love.” “Our collection is largely comprised of emerging artists who viscerally surprise and delight us with originality, authenticity, and deep emotional content. We want to be enchanted and moved – and maybe even a little mystified, so as to draw us back again and again. We are, in a sense, looking for artists who, in a year or decade, will be known for breaking the paradigm with their innovation and importance for our time.”

# # # For more information contact Jonathan Spring at (508) 655-3790 or js@jonathanspring.com. More information about the artist and his work is available at his website: jonathanspring.com.

“We are thrilled to have Jonathan Spring join our collection; there is

no artist like him today.”

“We eagerly anticipate his oeuvre, as he continues to masterfully

explore his unique gifts.”