Opening Reception: Friday, February 13th, 2009
7:00 PM to 10:00 PM with musical guest Susurri
Location: LumpWest
2493 Harris Street
Eugene Oregon 97405
After a long hiatus, local artist run project space LumpWest hits the ground running with Jennifer Wall and her site specific installation Reframe. Wall is currently an MFA student in Jewelry and Metalsmithing at the University of Oregon. She employs the use of a laser cutter in her work, navigating the intersection between the mechanical and the hand-crafted. With Reframe, Wall rethinks the cameo, juxtaposing the “idealized, framed” Victorian woman with the death/power/desire rhetoric of disembodied animal carcasses.
In her own words:
“My work investigates how cultural, social, political, historical and gender influences obscure our perceptions and dictate our relationship with objects and images. I look to create an inflation of the romanticized. I often think of Botticelli’s Birth of Venus while I am melting wax together to create the illusion of huge swells of hair, and I see many connections between Venus’ sea birth and the romanticism of her hair.”
Contact: Michael Salter, salter@uoregon.edu
Additional information:
http://www.jenniferwall.com
http://www.lumpwest.blogspot.com
http://www.myspace.com/susurri
http://www.michaelasalter.com