As an artist, I am drawn to the aesthetics of mass media and material culture. I enjoy the vibrant, eye-catching colors and designs that give objects commodity value and that imply elevated social status. By repeating the simple forms of the gold chain and the gemstone, I am able to render them realistically in an arrangement of my choosing and entirely from imagination. To me, this process results in a symbolic ownership of the object; my goal is to convey wealth and excess within the picture plane.
Materialism – 2011 – Paint pen and mixed media on canvas 48 x 48 inches Things – 2011 – Marker on newsprint 24 x 24 inches Greed – 2011 – Paint pen and spray paint on canvas 60 x 48 inches
JESSICA ASP born Knoxville, Tennessee, 1983
education BFA in Fine Art, Ringling College of Art and Design, 2010 MFA, San Francisco Art Institute, 2012
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