Minimalism in an Age of Hoarding: Artist Jennifer Vanderpool
I first
experienced Jennifer Vanderpool’s hypersensitive reality close to a decade ago,
having walked into one of her elaborate installations at the former Bandini
Gallery in Culver City. It was one of
the most obsessive, engaging installations I had come across, and it remains
as such in my memory today.
Jennifer is
someone who understands the charm of visual narratives, her works unfolding
with an imaginary appreciation, and this room-sized setting was one of her most
intricate stagings. Called, 'Hysterical
Paradise', the title summed up well this over-the-top, technicolor landscape of
flora, fun, fervor and fanaticism (with the countless hours spanned to spin,
tie, mold, paint, and glitter the eruption of pieces, immediately
evident). The work was both appealing
and slightly unsettling (like eating too much cotton candy at the fair);
hugging that fine line between extremes that Jennifer does so well.
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| "Hysterical Paradise," 2008 Bandini Art Culver City, CA |
