作者简介

唐琳·麦美弘 现今是肯大助理教授。她于爱荷华大学艺术学院获得美术专业硕士学位,于宾州大学获得美术学术学位。近期在美国多地举办了个人作品展览。这些举办地包括俄亥俄州克利夫兰市William Busta美展中心、宾州费城市印刷中心、肯德基州列克星敦市列克星敦艺术联盟。她的作品也曾多次在美国国内外双人展和群展中展出。

创作自叙

本人作品利用结构鲜明的植物图片,探讨原址、历史,着重强调“自然”观念的复杂结构。最终生成的装置可与原址结构相适应,当观赏者移动时可以产生动态体验。本人试图创建一套崭新的视觉词汇表将十七、十八世纪的植物雕刻、太空时代动画片、自然纪录片里使用的语言重新整理。犹如打碟师精选乐曲一样,我致力于将植物雕刻、本人绘画与其他的流行文化融入一起。

Bio

Taryn McMahon, currently an Assistant Professor at Kent State, received her MFA from the University of Iowa and BFA from The Pennsylvania State University. Recent accomplishments include solo exhibitions at William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, OH; The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA; and the Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY. Her work has also been widely exhibited both nationally and internationally in two-person and group exhibitions.

Artist Statement

My work uses images of patterned botanicals to investigate sites and histories, highlighting the complicated construction of an idea of “nature”. The resulting installations are responsive to the architecture of their site, changing viewers’ ambulation through the space and creating a bodily experience. I am developing a visual vocabulary that mashes up the languages of 17th -18th century botanical engravings, space age cartoons, and nature documentaries. Like a DJ spinning sounds culled from disparate sources, I endlessly remix forms from botanical engravings, my own drawings, and other popular culture.