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Jenny Okun
Jenny Okun - Photographic Compositions of Architectural Diversity The works of American artist Jenny Okun bring together two positions of modern aesthetics – cubism and architectural… Read more
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Gwathmey House Triptych
Architectonics
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Gwathmey House Triptych
Architectonics
from € 799
Las Vegas Flamingo Pentaptych
Architectonics
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Las Vegas Flamingo Pentaptych
Architectonics
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Carmy Skylight Triptych
Architectonics
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Carmy Skylight Triptych
Architectonics
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Carmy House Floor Triptych
Architectonics
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Carmy House Floor Triptych
Architectonics
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Las Vegas Man Tetraptych
Architectonics
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Las Vegas Man Tetraptych
Architectonics
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Background Information about Jenny Okun
Introduction
Jenny Okun - Photographic Compositions of Architectural Diversity
The works of American artist Jenny Okun bring together two positions of modern aesthetics – cubism and architectural photography. The image series she creates are compositions of multiple shots of the architecture of specific buildings. The photographic technique alone ensures the extraordinary nature of these remarkably abstract pictures, which combine both aesthetic design and analytical vision across the image space.
By bringing together overlapping shots of architecture on a film strip, Okun creates a continuum of piercing abstract geometric forms and surfaces. As with her illustrious role models Picasso, Braque, Gris and Leger, the image content is divided up into diverse cubist perspectives and is then transformed into pure abstraction through the medium’s transparency and powerful aesthetic. The emphasis on graphics and the dynamic combination of simple geometric forms is reminiscent of the Suprematism images. By using architecture to generate her images and give them an energetic form, Okun is following in a rich tradition of art history. It was Le Corbusier, after all, who first transformed the transparency and powerful aesthetic of cubism into modern architecture.
Stephan Reisner
The works of American artist Jenny Okun bring together two positions of modern aesthetics – cubism and architectural photography. The image series she creates are compositions of multiple shots of the architecture of specific buildings. The photographic technique alone ensures the extraordinary nature of these remarkably abstract pictures, which combine both aesthetic design and analytical vision across the image space.
By bringing together overlapping shots of architecture on a film strip, Okun creates a continuum of piercing abstract geometric forms and surfaces. As with her illustrious role models Picasso, Braque, Gris and Leger, the image content is divided up into diverse cubist perspectives and is then transformed into pure abstraction through the medium’s transparency and powerful aesthetic. The emphasis on graphics and the dynamic combination of simple geometric forms is reminiscent of the Suprematism images. By using architecture to generate her images and give them an energetic form, Okun is following in a rich tradition of art history. It was Le Corbusier, after all, who first transformed the transparency and powerful aesthetic of cubism into modern architecture.
Stephan Reisner
Bio
1953 | Born in the USA |
1971 | Studied painting, photography, and filmmaking at Wimbledon School of Art, Chelsea School of Art and Slade School of Art, USA |
Studios in London, UK and Los Angeles, USA |
Collections
J.Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA
Herbert F.Johnson Museum, Cornell, USA
Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Tate Modern, London, UK
Herbert F.Johnson Museum, Cornell, USA
Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Tate Modern, London, UK
Exhibitions
Cooming Soon
Solo Exhibitions
2012 | Craig Krull, Santa Monica, USA |
Museo Storico della Citta di Lecce (MUST), Lecce, Italy | |
2009 | Treasure Island Music Festival in San Francisco, USA |
2008 | Art First, London, UK |
Building 98 : Grubb & Ellis, Marfa, Texas, USA | |
Hennessey + Ingalls : Art and Architecture Bookstore, Santa Monica, USA | |
2007 | Craig Krull "Studio Walls" and Book Signing, Santa Monica, USA |
The Colburn School, Los Angeles, USA | |
2006 | Don Giovanni, El Portal Theatre, North Hollywood, USA |
the architectural photography of Jenny Okun on the sets by Yael Pardess, El Dorado Opera, Los Angeles, USA | |
2005 | Craig Krull, Santa Monica, USA |
Art First, London, UK | |
2004 | Kashya Hildebrand, New York, USA und Geneva, Switzerland |
Craig Krull, Santa Monica, USA | |
2002 | Art First, London, UK |
Durst Organization, kuratiert von Claudia Carr, NYC, USA | |
BC Space, Laguna Beach California, USA | |
2001 | Craig Krull, Santa Monica, USA |
Numark Gallery, Washington DC, USA | |
2000 | Claudia Carr, New York, USA |
Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Los Angeles, USA | |
Group Exhibitions
2012 | Film: London/Cape Wrath/London, Open City Docs Festival, London UK |
Film: Still Life, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria | |
2011 | Skydreamers, Autry Museum, Griffiths Park Los Angeles, USA |
Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, UK | |
Film: Waves, South London Gallery, UK | |
2010 | Randall Scott, Brooklyn, New York, USA |
Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, UK | |
2009 | Craig Krull, Santa Monica, USA |
2007 | Art First, London, UK |
2004 | Summer Show, Kashya Hildebrand, New York, USA and Geneva, Switzerland |
2002 | Artists Show, Numark Gallery, Washington DC, USA |
Show Walls, Durst Oranization, New York, USA | |
ooparts II, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, USA | |
BC Space, Laguna Beach, USA | |
2001 | Gensler Associates, Santa Monica, USA |
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