Artist Information:
Jennifer Brandon
Oakland, CA
United States
Member Since: Oct 2007
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Artist Statement:
www.jenniferbrandon.com
When things fall apart, they
are often cast
aside—abhorrent, unsightly, or
painful to look at. Once gone,
our memories of them change. I
seek out that which calls
attention to an emotional and
physical falling apart, its
inherent beauty and ugliness,
captivated by those moments
that mirror our experience. I
look to amplify those
qualities through the
conventions of photography,
video and sculpture.
Over time, an object’s marred
surface reveals our
relationship to it through the
physical residue of touch,
which dirties it and wears it
down. The Unmaking of a Chain
Stitch magnifies this act of
touch as the hand destroys a
single stitch of yarn, at
times having to forcefully rip
the string apart. Broken
Frames, three large-scale
photographs of the edges of
mattresses, and An Attenuate
Object, an artifact encased
and hand-woven from my
mother’s clothing inherited
after her death, are caught
between a state of disrepair
and repair. Removed from a
lived experience, these pieces
reflect the body in time.
There are moments that mark a
fall. In Falling, a series of
sutured birds fade slowly in
and out, caught between the
moving and the still, beauty
and...
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Artist Exhibitions:
2007
Night Moves: Fallen, San Jose
Institute of Contemporary Art,
San Jose, CA
NextNew2007, San Jose
Institute of Contemporary Art,
San Jose, CA
Things Held, MFA Thesis Show,
Mills College Art Museum,
Oakland, CA
2006
ConText, A Blending of Image
and Language, Dorothy Herger
Gallery, Solano Community
College
2005
Image. ...
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Jennifer Brandon's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Jennifer Brandon's Portfolio.
www.jenniferbrandon.com
When things fall apart, they are often cast aside—abhorrent, unsightly, or painful to look at. Once gone, our memories of them change. I seek out that which calls attention to an emotional and physical falling apart, its inherent beauty and ugliness, captivated by those moments that mirror our experience. I look to amplify those qualities through the conventions of photography, video and sculpture.
Over time, an object’s marred surface reveals our relationship to it through the physical residue of touch, which dirties it and wears it down. The Unmaking of a Chain Stitch magnifies this act of touch as the hand destroys a single stitch of yarn, at times having to forcefully rip the string apart. Broken Frames, three large-scale photographs of the edges of mattresses, and An Attenuate Object, an artifact encased and hand-woven from my mother’s clothing inherited after her death, are caught between a state of disrepair and repair. Removed from a lived experience, these pieces reflect the body in time.
There are moments that mark a fall. In Falling, a series of sutured birds fade slowly in and out, caught between the moving and the still, beauty and... |
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