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Australia
Painting, Oil on Plastic
Size: 39.4 W x 39.4 H x 3.9 D in
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The technical focus of my current practice revolves around verre églomisé, or reverse glass painting. The interest in the process arose from a desire to release painting from its traditional two-dimensional limitations. This work in particular explores the perception of constancy. When we look at the stars we have been conditioned to see their paths, their behaviour, as consistent. In reality, space is unmatched in its violence and unpredictability. I saw a strong parallel between this construct and that of the family unit. A time lapse video of the stars fills the absent figures, while the clothing and environment are painted and remain stationary over the animated screen.
Original Created:2015
Subjects:Family
Painting:Oil on Plastic
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:39.4 W x 39.4 H x 3.9 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.
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Australia
Jennifer Whitten, an American artist, immigrated to Melbourne, Australia, in 2009. At the start of her career, her fastidious, highly skilled manner of working seemed well suited for medical illustration, but Jennifer quickly abandoned medical studies in pursuit of her own artistic investigations. For years, her photorealistic paintings have navigated the aestheticisation of absence and autobiographical nostalgia; and most recently, after an encounter in Italy with a collection of 18th century reverse-glass paintings, she determined that glass would serve as an ideal conduit of these themes. Oil, reverse-glass and representational painting have lengthy histories, but Jennifer’s edgy recontextualisation of these methods upends any hint of the conventional. Incorporating everything from steel, to video, to live music, her complex installations defy the traditional 2D confines set for painting, but preserve its seduction and sincerity. In 2015, Jennifer completed her Masters in Contemporary Art at the Victorian College of the Arts. She was the recipient of the Athenaeum Club Visual Arts Research Award, the University’s most prestigious honor, worth $15,000. Jennifer is also a proud tenant of the Abbotsford Convent, the largest arts precinct in Australia.
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