• Walk the Line

    Date posted: October 8, 2008 Author: jolanta
    My work stems from an interest and exploration of space, both physical and psychological. My current body of work is owed to an intense and persistent studio practice. Visually, the work is pared down. Excess marks and information have been stripped away; leaving only what is necessary to transport the viewer to an idealized place and time. Reference to the landscape is made by a single line, which reads as a horizon, one of our most basic reference points in nature. My works on paper question the differentiation between image and object. Image

    Jenene Nagy

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    Jenene Nagy, Fold, 2008. Enamel on mylar, 60 x 144 inches. Courtesy of the artist.

    My work stems from an interest and exploration of space, both physical and psychological. My current body of work is owed to an intense and persistent studio practice. Visually, the work is pared down. Excess marks and information have been stripped away; leaving only what is necessary to transport the viewer to an idealized place and time. Reference to the landscape is made by a single line, which reads as a horizon, one of our most basic reference points in nature.

    My works on paper question the differentiation between image and object. Currently, I am making work that investigates mass and atmosphere with regard to both the built and natural landscape. Distilling information down to shape and color, the work questions the notion of painting and its relationship to objecthood and flatness.

    I am interested in exploiting the fluid qualities of paper as well as the definitions of ground and support. Irregular shapes are found from the bending and drooping of large rectangular sheets. Support comes from gallery walls, the floor, and wood stakes. Natural and artificial light references the past, present, and future of a particular place.

     

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