Freya jobbins biography sample
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Short Bit: David Lynch, the Retrospective at Pennsylvania Academy
I just finished Twin Peaks last night. I am very glad I watched this early 90’s soup opera murder mystery directed by David Lynch. Despite being canceled after two seasons, it gathered a large cult following, and I can see why. It was ahead of its time for featuring complex idiosyncratic characters like Agent Dale Cooper, pretty impressive set designs and just over all stunning cinematography. So I decided I wanted to know more about director David Lynch. Well it turns out my timing could not have been more perfect as the Pennsylvania Academy is hosting a retrospective of his work titled “David Lynch: The Unified Field,” starting Sept. 13. I was, as you can imagine very excited to discover that Lynch was a trained and skilled visual artist as will as phenomenal director. I don’t think its too much to suppose that his background in art making facilitated in part his success as a film and tv show director.
Here is an article about the exhibition I encourage you to read: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/31/arts/design/museum-show-for-david-lynch-who-began-as-a-visual-artist.html?ref=design&_r=0
My favorite part of this article is this quote from executive director of the Drawing Center in N
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Warning: The following piece contains awesome yet potentially unnerving sculptures of toy parts. You've been warned -- things get weird.
We wouldn't consider most plastic surgeons to be artists per se, but the label certainly applies to South Africa-born "surgeon" Freya Jobbins. Instead of applying face lifts and tummy tucks, Jobbins creates three-dimensional humanoid assemblages from discarded plastic doll parts.
The bizarre portraits are part Guiseppe Arcimboldo, part "Toy Story," with myriad tiny, plastic limbs jutting out in all directions to form something reminiscent of a human face. The awesomely unsettling images, trippy as can be, remind us of the potential dangers of visiting a garage sale under the influence of psychedelics.
Jobbins embarked upon her playful project to comment on consumer culture and the massive waste involved in the production of these lovable novelty goods. Yet after getting involved in the process, Jobbins became obsessed with hunting for the perfect toys, finding the missing puzzle pieces for her otherworldly sculptural collages. The search for the goods became a part of Jobbins' artistic process.
"My work explores the relationship between consumerist fetishism and the emerging recycling culture within the visual arts," J
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Colour Figure 1, 2020 rough Kerrie Poliness. Image supplied.
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