So this wonderful artist, Jennifer Linton is definitely worth mentioning on this blog.
The images you see are from her recent alphabet series in pencil crayon (2007), which works off of the concept of the children's alphabet book as translated for adults, focusing on issues related to emotion and politics, from a personal, feminine perspective.
I really hope you check out the rest of her series on her web-portfolio, as well as her other work, it's really fab.
Other topics she explores in her other work include menstruation, pregnancy, gay and queer imagery, religion, consumerism, and the expression of emotion.
She harkens back in her imagery to symbols such as pomegranates, apes, and severed heads which tend to remind me of both Frida Kahlo and Artemisia Gentileschi.
She works mainly in pencil crayon, but also has some ties to printmaking techniques.
But I could talk all day, check her out for yourself...
this is super cool. EXTREME
ReplyDeleteEXTREME ALPHABET for the win.
ReplyDeleteHey, thanks. And I've finally completed the Alphabet series, too! Book in the works.
ReplyDelete-- Jen Linton