Hi Jenn Brehm

Symmetrical Landscapes

hijennbrehm — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 20:54:51 +0000

Mirror Falls, 2011, latex paint, tissue paper, pastel, charcoal, and pencil on paper

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Here is a sample of the large drawings I have been doing this year. These drawings impose the imagery of the landscape onto the symmetry of a human or animal. They are of the size of a large pelt, such as a calf pelt.

Highlights

hijennbrehm — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 05:15:50 +0000

These are some of my favorite images from the two series below, click to see a little more detail.

Numero Update

hijennbrehm — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 05:09:00 +0000

I wanted to show you how the Numero Series looks now that I have added collaged mat board frames to the drawings. Slices of painted and/or carved board are added to the frames, so that the frame becomes an integral part of each work. This was how I showed it at the Physical Center show at The Convent of St. Cecilia in Greenpoint a couple of weeks ago. It was a really great show, which has another component in London next year. Thank you to Amanda Schmitt for inviting me to be part of Physical Center.

Twelve Imaginary Sculptures

hijennbrehm — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 05:00:04 +0000

This is a series of drawings that I recently showed at Brooklyn Fireproof Gallery, as part of BETA spaces, a Bushwick art festival. The show, titled “The Box Which Contains the World”, was curated by Ali Aschman. Each artist in the show was given a wooden box, to be incorporated into an artwork in any manner the artist chose. I decided to imagine various sculptures that I could make with the box, and then describe these configurations two-dimensionally instead of three-dimensionally. The drawings are presented in the order I imagined them in, and I included all of the spontaneous and random ideas for the box that crossed my mind.

Numero

hijennbrehm — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:20:59 +0000

These are gouache paintings interpreting a photo shoot from Numero fashion magazine.

Experiment

hijennbrehm — Mon, 10 May 2010 00:50:48 +0000

3-Dimensional Collage

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I have been experimenting with new ways of working. The three-dimensional collages posted here are an example. I’m currently working on a big scroll, and will post images of that soon. Thank you to Amanda Schmitt for her insightful words about my work on her blog amateurartcriticnyc.blogspot.com.

In Your Face

hijennbrehm — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 03:05:10 +0000

March

hijennbrehm — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:12:51 +0000

Glamour is on my mind, as I work on Threads issue #2.

Eyeball / Geometric Trance

hijennbrehm — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:25:48 +0000

I did some drawings in a trance this week. This may be the only post this month, since fashion week is upon us and I will be very busy at my job!

Medieval

hijennbrehm — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:52:35 +0000

These drawings are explorations for a project that will appear in the next issue of Threads, the wearable art zine that Jennifer Sullivan and I edit together. For this project, writer JW McCormack and I are embarking on a prose and fashion collaboration. We are inspired by illuminated manuscripts and tales of medieval intrigue and manipulation. As you can see, I am really into hats at the moment. The wearable art that I make to illustrate JW’s story will be photographed by Rachel Day. Look for it in the next issue of Threads, due to be released in April.