JENNY WU: IN THE AGGREGATE
/Feburary 22 - April 3, 2022
Buchanan Partners Gallery @ Hylton Performing Arts Center, Manassas
UPCOMING EVENT:
OPENING RECEPTION AND ARTIST TALK:
Sunday, February 27, 3-5 pm
The artist talk will begin at 4PM. Jenny Wu will be discussing the methodology behind her processed-based abstract paintings and what attracts her to this medium.
Proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test result is required for all attendees. Click here for details.
LEFt: Artist Jenny Wu (Image Credit: Tom Sandner)
Right: Jenny Wu, too heavy to carry to the british museum, 2022 (Surface detail)
About the Exhibition:
Jenny Wu transforms liquid paint into sculpture. Her processed-based abstract works are built from layers of latex paint poured on glass, color over color, to form a thick cake-like aggregate. Once dried, she cuts the material into small brick-like forms that are then assembled in vibrant patterns on a flat surface, revealing in cross-section the varied strata of paint from the pouring and layering process. Like geological formations, her method of building up paint is dependent on time, repetition and chance. Her resulting objects unite chaos and order into a systematic imagery that blur the boundaries between painting and sculpture.
About the Artist:
Jenny Wu was born in Nanjing, China. She holds a B.A. from William Smith College in Studio Art as well as in Architectural Studies, and an M.F.A. in Studio Art from American University. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums including Denise Bibro Fine Art, Katzen Museum, Huntington Museum of Art, Reece Museum, Vilnius Academy of Arts in Lithuania, and CICA Museum in South Korea. Wu has participated in numerous Artist-In-Residence programs across the country; and has been awarded fellowships from Vermont Studio Center and the Pollock Krasner Foundation.
Jenny wu
Too heavy to Carry to the British Museum, 2022
Latex paint and resin on wood panel
20” x 16” x 2.5”
JENNY WU
HAVE ALWAYS EXISTED AND WILL ALWAYS EXIST, 2021
LATEX PAINT AND RESIN ON WOOD PANEL
36” X 24” X 2.5”
JENNY WU
HARDLY A MANDATE, 2021
LATEX PAINT AND RESIN ON WOOD PANEL
20” X 16” X 2.5”