“Platforms” by Jemima Kirke
Opening reception for the artist, Friday March 21st, 6 to 8pm. RSVP required.
Show is on view until May 10th, 2014
Fouladi Projects
1803 Market st. SF, CA. 94607
415-621-2535 https://www.fouladiprojects.com
For more information or images, please contact [email protected]
Fouladi Projects Gallery is pleased to present new portraits of women by painter and RISD alumni, Jemima Kirke. Jemima has by now become widely known for her role as "Jessa" on HBO's series "Girls", but her intrinsic identity is as the artist in her studio, painting idiosyncratic oil on canvas portraits of friends and family. She was recently named one of Forbes Magazine's "30 under 30" for Art and Style, affirming that success in one creative endeavor need not preclude success in another. The portraits share a particular sensibility with "Girls" in their sympathetic portrayal of young people with pronounced personality, quirks, and weakness as well as fundamental humanity, carefully, even lovingly depicted. A shared thematic perspective runs through Kirke's portraits. The sitters somehow embody - with their varied, often dour expressions - vulnerability, frustration and suppressed longing thinly disguised beneath cool faux-sophisticated facades. Empathy is the distinguishing feature, one that imbues them with both dignity and life. They exist in depth, not just as marks on the surface. It is impressive to see how effective Kirke has been in creating a unifying mood as she transforms observation and insight into painted image. Part of her method is her attention to physical flaws, imperfections, which she describes as "part of our individuality". She abandons the traditional goal of rendering the subject "accurately" and aims for "capturing her presence in the room, her expressions, our relationship". This willingness to reinterpret the idea of "likeness" is an important element of Kirke's portraiture. Her work is about expressing individual human qualities and relationships. In this she succeeds, bringing along a welcome and refreshing shift of focus in current art trends.
This essay has been adapted from a longer version written by Paul Karlstrom, Former West Coast Regional Director of the Smithsonian Archives of American Art. For the full version,
contact [email protected]
show less
Opening reception for the artist, Friday March 21st, 6 to 8pm. RSVP required.
Show is on view until May 10th, 2014
Fouladi Projects
1803 Market st. SF, CA. 94607
415-621-2535 https://www.fouladiprojects.com
For more information or images, please contact [email protected]
Fouladi Projects Gallery is pleased to present new portraits of women by painter and RISD alumni, Jemima Kirke. Jemima has by now become widely known for her role as "Jessa" on HBO's series "Girls", but her intrinsic identity is as the artist in her studio, painting idiosyncratic oil on canvas portraits of friends and family. She was recently named one of Forbes Magazine's "30 under 30" for Art and Style, affirming that success in one creative endeavor need not preclude success in another. The portraits share a particular sensibility with "Girls" in their sympathetic portrayal of young people with pronounced personality, quirks, and weakness as well as fundamental humanity, carefully, even lovingly depicted. A shared thematic perspective runs through Kirke's portraits. The sitters somehow embody - with their varied, often dour expressions - vulnerability, frustration and suppressed longing thinly disguised beneath cool faux-sophisticated facades. Empathy is the distinguishing feature, one that imbues them with both dignity and life. They exist in depth, not just as marks on the surface. It is impressive to see how effective Kirke has been in creating a unifying mood as she transforms observation and insight into painted image. Part of her method is her attention to physical flaws, imperfections, which she describes as "part of our individuality". She abandons the traditional goal of rendering the subject "accurately" and aims for "capturing her presence in the room, her expressions, our relationship". This willingness to reinterpret the idea of "likeness" is an important element of Kirke's portraiture. Her work is about expressing individual human qualities and relationships. In this she succeeds, bringing along a welcome and refreshing shift of focus in current art trends.
This essay has been adapted from a longer version written by Paul Karlstrom, Former West Coast Regional Director of the Smithsonian Archives of American Art. For the full version,
contact [email protected]
“Platforms” by Jemima Kirke
Opening reception for the artist, Friday March 21st, 6 to 8pm. RSVP required.
Show is on view until May 10th, 2014
Fouladi Projects
1803 Market st. SF, CA. 94607
415-621-2535 https://www.fouladiprojects.com
For more information or images, please contact [email protected]
Fouladi Projects Gallery is pleased to present new portraits of women by painter and RISD alumni, Jemima Kirke. Jemima has by now become widely known for her role as "Jessa" on HBO's series "Girls", but her intrinsic identity is as the artist in her studio, painting idiosyncratic oil on canvas portraits of friends and family. She was recently named one of Forbes Magazine's "30 under 30" for Art and Style, affirming that success in one creative endeavor need not preclude success in another. The portraits share a particular sensibility with "Girls" in their sympathetic portrayal of young people with pronounced personality, quirks, and weakness as well as fundamental humanity, carefully, even lovingly depicted. A shared thematic perspective runs through Kirke's portraits. The sitters somehow embody - with their varied, often dour expressions - vulnerability, frustration and suppressed longing thinly disguised beneath cool faux-sophisticated facades. Empathy is the distinguishing feature, one that imbues them with both dignity and life. They exist in depth, not just as marks on the surface. It is impressive to see how effective Kirke has been in creating a unifying mood as she transforms observation and insight into painted image. Part of her method is her attention to physical flaws, imperfections, which she describes as "part of our individuality". She abandons the traditional goal of rendering the subject "accurately" and aims for "capturing her presence in the room, her expressions, our relationship". This willingness to reinterpret the idea of "likeness" is an important element of Kirke's portraiture. Her work is about expressing individual human qualities and relationships. In this she succeeds, bringing along a welcome and refreshing shift of focus in current art trends.
This essay has been adapted from a longer version written by Paul Karlstrom, Former West Coast Regional Director of the Smithsonian Archives of American Art. For the full version,
contact [email protected]
read more
Opening reception for the artist, Friday March 21st, 6 to 8pm. RSVP required.
Show is on view until May 10th, 2014
Fouladi Projects
1803 Market st. SF, CA. 94607
415-621-2535 https://www.fouladiprojects.com
For more information or images, please contact [email protected]
Fouladi Projects Gallery is pleased to present new portraits of women by painter and RISD alumni, Jemima Kirke. Jemima has by now become widely known for her role as "Jessa" on HBO's series "Girls", but her intrinsic identity is as the artist in her studio, painting idiosyncratic oil on canvas portraits of friends and family. She was recently named one of Forbes Magazine's "30 under 30" for Art and Style, affirming that success in one creative endeavor need not preclude success in another. The portraits share a particular sensibility with "Girls" in their sympathetic portrayal of young people with pronounced personality, quirks, and weakness as well as fundamental humanity, carefully, even lovingly depicted. A shared thematic perspective runs through Kirke's portraits. The sitters somehow embody - with their varied, often dour expressions - vulnerability, frustration and suppressed longing thinly disguised beneath cool faux-sophisticated facades. Empathy is the distinguishing feature, one that imbues them with both dignity and life. They exist in depth, not just as marks on the surface. It is impressive to see how effective Kirke has been in creating a unifying mood as she transforms observation and insight into painted image. Part of her method is her attention to physical flaws, imperfections, which she describes as "part of our individuality". She abandons the traditional goal of rendering the subject "accurately" and aims for "capturing her presence in the room, her expressions, our relationship". This willingness to reinterpret the idea of "likeness" is an important element of Kirke's portraiture. Her work is about expressing individual human qualities and relationships. In this she succeeds, bringing along a welcome and refreshing shift of focus in current art trends.
This essay has been adapted from a longer version written by Paul Karlstrom, Former West Coast Regional Director of the Smithsonian Archives of American Art. For the full version,
contact [email protected]
show less
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