Jennifer D. Anderson ARTIST | EDUCATOR
Installations
Into Eternity
“Because as the flower – Beautiful, but transient. He shall pass away – Into eternity.” John Wesley’s Notes on the Bible, James 1:10 This recent and on-going project, replaces the typical flat colors of the repeated wallpaper motif with that of images of human skin. Hung away from the wall, these little jewels glow when [...]
Corporeal Tracery
Presenting the body as nothing but light and shadow and as color adhered to glass; this work focuses on basic human identity, as we are our physical beings. The body is the focus. A body filled with internal organs and processes, with strengths, weaknesses, limitations, and the potential for rampant ugliness as well as profound [...]
Syncope
This work builds upon the ideas and format used for Inside of Me. In this case the title, syncope which is the technical term for fainting, reflects how subtle and delicate the work is. Here the repeated lace imagery gently dances across the wall, passing in and out of existence.
Some May Go
My work has long dealt with the vulnerability of the human body and spirit, the resonance of morality and how both affect our daily lives. I have found paper to be the perfect artistic vehicle for these issues. Unimportant daily events, notes and to-do lists, as well as important documents, such as birth, wedding, and [...]
Inside Of Me
Shadows, thin light lines, forms that appear and disappear like ghosts, and delicate layering of images, are the ways I represent the human condition and the human form, reflecting the precarious and vulnerable nature of the individual, easily injured and very mortal. In the piece “Inside of Me” elements of the interior of the human [...]
Prescribed
Prescribed is a salon of silhouettes; specific outlines of individuals, contours of button noses, the slope of the neck, and the gentle roll of the chin. Slightly varying in size and color, these silhouettes are cut from actual prescriptions. Patient’s names, drug names, physician names and addresses for their place of practice as well as [...]