Dawn of the Freaky Observers 2008
jennie booth is a painter currently working in nyc and la. she has exhibited extensively and has participated in international and local artist-in-residency programs such as mano y mente in new mexico, fundacio valparaiso in spain and the sharpe studio program in nyc. she has created a unique iconography that speaks to a broad audience on an intimate level. her work explores the complexities of loss, longing and transcendence; emotions we experience at the deepest level, but trivialize in our search for “certainties.”
ms. booth's recent work includes a series of paintings inspired by brain science, cosmology and philosophy, with particular attention and delight drawn from boltzmann's theory of entropy and resulting boltzmann's brain paradox by albrecht and sorbo.
these new mindscapes were started on-site at white sands memorial park during a 2007 artist-in-residency at mano y mente in new mexico. prior to her stay there booth traveled to egypt. not having deeply studied pharaonic iconography before that time, she was moved to see the parallels between this ancient language and her own. during a trip across the western desert the group in her vehicle became stranded mid-journey due to 2 tire punctures (and no viable spare!) as the driver went for help during a fierce sandstorm she gained further respect and awareness for the power and beauty of the desert, the result of which you can see in the work.
Return to the site in January to see paintings from the new 2009 Speechless series.
Three pieces from the series may be viewed currently at Art on Armitage Gallery in Chicago, Illinois through December, 2009.
