"I paint objects and figures in an attempt to make palpable my sense of the current spiraling moment in time where we find ourselves attempting to connect to history and culture. I draw on the humor and anxiety expressed in Americana and folklore, and intersperse childhood memories and personal anxieties with these themes.
My response is to paint images on dollhouse wallpaper, to create a scale and imply a stage for a set of characters derived from American history, folklore, and figurative sculpture that include references to old kitsch figurines. I present some of the figures as monuments and juxtapose them with other objects and figures that are running, standing, floating, and sinking – all actions that suggest a narrative.
The narrative feels familiar but is ultimately inexplicable. The pictorial space is vast, allowing for objects, figures and events to whirl in and out of a nonsensical and ambiguous narrative." (Jennifer Croson, 2008)
2 comments:
I love it!!
Mary McFerran
I see some kind of political statement here too--the women/girls hitting the imposing, albeit fallen, male statues with kitchen spoons suggests women taking on a bigger established force. They still have an arduous task ahead, but hey, the big guys are down. I enjoy how the piece feels full of both history and the future; it is alien and familiar, dark and hopeful.
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