Jenny Kendler Exhibition Information - Archipelago - @ ADA Gallery

シカゴを拠点に活動しているジェニー・ケンドラーから個展の案内が届いていたのでご紹介。

バージニア州 (Virginia) のリッチモンド (Richmond) にあるADA Galleryにおいて、2011年11月26日にオープニングレセプションが開催され、2011年12月31日まで開催される。

今回頂いたメールに添付されていた作品が絵で、あれ、ジェニー・ケンドラーって、確か以前写真家としてエントリを立てたんじゃなかったっけ？と思い調べてみたところ、やはり記憶の通り。
久しぶりにサイトを覗いてみたのだが、キンドラーが制作しているのは写真だけでなく、画家、ヴィデオ・アーティストとしても活動しているということを今更ながら知った。

+ Archipelago opens Nov 26th +
ADA Gallery is pleased to announce Archipelago, a solo exhibition of Chicago-based artist Jenny Kendler.

In Archipelago, Kendler’s intricate works suggest the possibility of a visceral and intimate relationship with nature. Cross-pollinating drawing, sculpture and installation, Kendler employs the visual languages of fragility, complexity and ornamentation to echo the mysterious relationships of the natural world. 

The stories in Kendler’s work are like those found in nature: enigmatic half-narratives -- often deeply uncanny. Her work reminds us that no matter how close we keep it, nature always surprises. As products of our environment, that strangeness is also within us.

Kendler’s detailed watercolor drawings of ‘islands’ give the show its title, Archipelago. Upon each floating landscape, an ecosystem’s story is played out.

Kendler has also created a series of sculptural objects culled from these drawn environments. Pennants commemorating extinct animals appear in the drawings as well as in the gallery space, made from brass and lacy-cutouts on translucent film. Other works in Archipelago include an installation based on the elaborate and colorful constructions of bower birds, the only animals know to make aesthetic choices to impress their mates.

With Archipelago, Kendler asks not just how do we as human beings affect nature, but how does nature affect us? She suggests that if we lose our connection to nature, then the human experience becomes impoverished. If we lose the wild, we may also lose the wildness within ourselves.


ADA Gallery:
John Pollard - Director
info@adagallery.com
804.644.0100
228 West Broad Street Richmond, VA 23220

ポストしたのは、

"Archipelago series - Climate Change (Volcano Rabbits)" (2011)
"Archipelago series - Desert Solitaire (for Edward Abbey)" (2011)
"Cohabit series - Sibling Rivalry (Lovebites)" (2009)
"Cohabit series - Hungry for More (Nature, Nurture)" (2009)
"Cohabit series - Spawning III (Upstream)" (2009)

の5点。

Jenny Kendler + Environmental Artist