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High on Constellation, 26” x 40”, Felt-tip pen on paper, 2009
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Detail of Spectral Zenith, 20” x 20”, Acid-free colored paper / wood, 2008
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Plasmascopic, 36” x 19” x 3”, Colored paper on wood, 2009
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Reciprocal, 40” x 40” x 7”, Varnished acrylic paint on wood, 2009
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Celestial Continuum, 26” x 40”, Felt-tip pen on paper, 2009
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Detail of Alpha and Omega, 24” x 24” x 7”, Acrylic paint on wood / mirrors, 2009
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A Piece of an Infinite Whole, 24” x 4ft, colored construction paper, 2007
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Detail of Speed of Light, 12”x12”, Card stock on artboard, 2008
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Over And Out, 19” x 19”, Acid-free colored paper, 2008
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Detail of Eureka, 34” x 34” x 3”, Acid-free paper on wood, 2009
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Jen Stark
Guest Posting 26 - 30 October 2009
Jen Stark was born in Miami, FL in 1983. She graduated with a BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2005. Her work has been exhibited extensively around the US, with solo shows in NYC, Seattle, Miami, Washington DC, and Chicago and is part of the permanent collections of MOCA North Miami and The West Collection among others. Through the use of simple paper-cutting techniques she creates complex structures that reveal how remarkable common materials can become. The ideas are based on replication and infinity, echoing patterns and intelligent designs found in nature. She lives and works in Miami.
What have you got planned this week?
This week I’ll be working on pieces for Art Basel Miami in December. I’m going to be showing in a solo booth at SCOPE Fair with Carol Jazzar Gallery. This weekend I might go to Fairchild Tropical Gardens, which is a really awesome botanical park in Miami. Also my friend Inah, is re-creating my website and it looks amaaaazing. It should be live by November.
What do your parents think you do?
They know what I do and they are very supportive and proud of me… but my dad is still trying to get me to paint pretty pictures to sell in a cheesy gallery or in a bank. Haha. He doesn’t really get it.
Who do you look like?
My grandpa used to say I look like Scarlet Johansson. Probably on her bad days.
What’s your favourite sense?
Well, the sense I couldn’t live without is sight… because its just so important in daily life. But my favorite sense is probably smell. I have a very sensitive nose and can smell really subtle things.
Tell us something people don’t know about you…
I’ve never had chicken pox. Also, I am 3rd generation Miamian – which is hard to find.
Did your education count?
For sure! I’ve been in art classes since elementary school, and I think this really helped encourage my creativity and eventually develop my own style. Lots of people hated the colleges or schools they went to, but I think its what you make of it. If you’re really into the work you’re doing, you’re going to be more engaged and get more out of it.
What word can’t you spell?
Onamotopea. Haha see? Really spelled: Onomatopoeia.
Tell us a good fact
No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times
What’s Next?
Working on getting my art to be better and better and out-do myself with every new show. I’m going to create a new stop motion animation in the next few months. Also I’m planning on applying to a few artist residencies in and out of the US.
What’s your ‘Plan B’?
There is only Plan A!
Posts
Alvaro Ilizarbe
- Guest posted by Jen Stark
- 26 October 2009
I love his designs and artwork. Everything is so intricate and amazing. He just had a solo show titled ABRACADABRA in San Francisco. This image shows a few of the paintings he created for it. He also has a clothing line called FREEGUMS and last year he asked me to make a shirt for it, which is titled Ooey Gooey. Also, here is a link to a dance video he made
Matt Furie
- Guest posted by Jen Stark
- 27 October 2009
He creates playful and colorful drawings of strange cartoon characters. You’ll find creatures similar to the flying-dog in The Neverending Story, Big Bird, blood-thirsty bat men, and all types of other weird things. The drawings border on funny and disturbing, and are always interesting.
Aurel Schmidt
- Guest posted by Jen Stark
- 29 October 2009
She is an artist that makes these amazing pen drawings of beautifully intricate things with a grotesque side to it. I love the balance between beautiful and disgusting. Brilliant!
Takeshi Murata
- Guest posted by Jen Stark
- 30 October 2009
Here is a great juicy animation by Takeshi Murata. He does other really trippy colorful work with chopped up video distortions. By hacking the way a computer reads a DVD, Takeshi is able to painstakingly create, frame by frame an image of both painterly abstraction and technological fragmentation.
