Chairs.
Year: 2009.
Medium: Charcoal on paper.
Size: 15ft. x 8ft.
Jessica's grandmother's living room has been a focal point of her work. She is visually exploring the suggestive qualities of furniture placement. Many of the images were derived from “Last Year at Marienbad,” a French New Wave film written by Alain Rob Grillet. Grillet’s writings are rife with visual descriptions; much of them were dedicated to describing the placement of objects and how those placements are suggestive of relationships between people.
Chairs (Installed).
Year: 2009.
Medium: Charcoal on paper.
Size: 15ft x 8 ft.
Interior.
Year: 2009.
Medium: Charcoal on paper.
Size: 10ft x 10ft.
Interior (Installed).
Year: 2009.
Medium: Charcoal on paper.
Size: 10ft x 10ft.
Tall Chairs.
Year: 2009.
Medium: Charcoal on paper.
Size: 3 ft x 8 ft.
Drawing from living room furniture that was often considered off limits, I am drawing living room furniture as eight feet tall structures to ensure that no one would be able to sit on them.
Tall Chairs & Chairs (Installed).
Vanity.
Year: 2009.
Medium: Charcoal on paper.
Size: 2ft x 3ft.
Vanity (Detail).
Above.
Year: 2009.
Medium: Charcoal on paper.
Size: 2ft x 12ft.
Piano.
Year: 2009.
Medium: Charcoal on paper.
Size: 12ft x 8ft.
Accent.
Year: 2009.
Medium: Charcoal on canvas.
Size: 11ft x 9ft.
Accent (Detail).
Year: 2009.
Medium: Charcoal on canvas.
Size: 11ft x 9ft.
Pink Chair.
Year: 2009.
Medium: Paint on wood panel.
Size: 3ft x 12ft.
Recital.
Year: 2009.
Medium: Encaustic on wood panel.
Size: 4in x 6in.
Green Chair.
Year: 2009.
Medium: Encaustic on wood panel.
Size: 4in x 6in.
Black Chair.
Year: 2009.
Medium: Encaustic on wood panel.
Size: 4in x 6in.
Baby's Grand.
Year: 2009.
Medium: Gold leafing and colored pencil on paper.
Baby's Grand (Detail).
Year: 2009.
Medium: Gold leafing and colored pencil on paper.
Size: 27 in x 19 in.
Based on interactions between the performer and the audience.
Her Mother's Eyes.
Year: 2009.
Medium: Gold leafing and colored pencil on paper.
Size: 27 in x 19 in.
Based on interactions between the performer and the audience.
Sitting Pretty.
Year: 2009.
Medium: Gold leafing and colored pencil on paper.
Size: 27 in x 19 in.
Based on interactions between the performer and the audience.
Nothing But You.
Year: 2009.
Medium: Gold leafing and colored pencil on paper.
Size: 27 in x 19 in.
Based on interactions between the performer and the audience.
The Universe is Calling You.
Year: 2009.
Medium: Gold leafing and colored pencil on paper.
Size: 27 in x 19 in.
Based on interactions between the performer and the audience.