Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 21:34:38 -0500 From: "Amy K. Jenkins" <akjenkins-AT-earthlink.net> Subject: Amy Jenkins at Julia Friedman Gallery --------------B4DECAA1D4A5832DF35121B5 [Image] JULIA FRIEDMAN GALLERY PRESENTS: AMY JENKINS SHELTER FOR DAYDREAMING Through December 1, 2001 Julia Friedman Gallery, in Chicago, IL, is pleased to announce Shelter for Daydreaming, a solo exhibition of recent works by Brooklyn-based artist, Amy Jenkins. This exhibition, which opened October 19, marks the Chicago premiere for Jenkins, and features new video installations and photographs. Jenkins' work is an ongoing investigation of the psychological and emotional aspects of interiors, whether they be physical in structure or of an individual's psyche. Shelter for Daydreaming is a large-scale, two-channel video installation, projected onto both sides of a suspended wall. In using this multi-view format Jenkins effectively dislocates the viewer, creating a loss of both destination and origin. Shifting between the exterior view of a house adrift underwater, and the interior view of the empty, swaying house; Jenkins juxtaposes between interior/exterior, solid/fluid, above/below. Placing an emphasis on memory, her work resembles a daydream; fluid, meditative, yet unstable and precarious, placing the viewer, as described by the artist, in a state of "in-betweeness." "With Shelter for Daydreaming,Jenkins has fashioned an exquisitely packaged, thoroughly enjoyable, if unnerving adventure about adult life. Its strength resides in its ability to beguile through cinematic wizardry and rapturously depicted scenes, while simultaneously startling us into an uncomfortable inquisitiveness through poetic imagery. Hers is an artwork that invites us to consider not only the fate of that dwarfish house bobbing untethered in such a vast sea, but also the current direction and probable conclusion to our own life's voyage." (Barry A. Rosenberg, Writer) A second work, Without,is a video installation in which a projection is cast upon the ceiling of an intimate, darkened room. The installation is intended to be viewed while lying down. Altering the viewer's sense of location by shifting the perspective upwards, Without creates a sense of relinquishment through the physical interaction of lying down. The viewer is swept along with the many dislocated, drifting figures descending from the sky, while muffled, indistinguishable voices give way to clarity, revealing life's histories births, deaths, and acts of loving, planning, working, and aging. Jenkins' photographic works in the exhibition are small-scale triptychs, memory-based reflections, which depict objects suspended underwater. Investigating the personal relationships attached to everyday objects such as clothing, furniture and toys, this aqueous void becomes a repository for the emotional resonance that discarded possessions carry in our psyche. Jenkins' work is an ongoing exploration of the psychological and emotional aspects of interiors and objects. Whether through video installation or photography, hers is a poetic sensibility that is uniquely personal in voice yet is universally identifiable in content. Jenkins has exhibited extensively on both the national and international level, in private and public venues such as Jack Tilton/Anna Kustera Gallery, NY; Sara Meltzer Gallery, NY; Palm Beach ICA, Palm Beach, Florida; Inverness Museum, Scotland; The Alternative Museum, NY; Yerba Buena Center for Art, San Francisco, CA; Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY and the 2000 Havana Biennial, Cuba. ******************************* To view still-image documentation of Shelter for Daydreaming & Without,go to: http://www.juliafriedman.com/exhibition_jenkins01.html To view previous video installations by Amy Jenkins, including Quicktime clips, go to: http://www.harvestworks.org/creativec/frame0011.html (Click on "Collected Works" to view Quicktime clips documenting video installations.) ******************************* Julia Friedman Gallery 118 N Peoria Chicago, IL 60607 Phone: (312) 455 0755 http://www.juliafriedman.com ******************************* This email was sent to those who have expressed interest in Art /Video. This is a personal list which will not be shared, and which will be used for occassional (once or twice a year) announcements. If you have received this message in error, or if you wish to be removed from Ms. Jenkins' email list, please reply with "Remove" in the subject heading. --------------B4DECAA1D4A5832DF35121B5 boundary="------------36F70875AD3EB5E483B92615"
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