Baronial clarity. 2015 by Jennifer Greenburg
Baronial clarity. 2015 by Jennifer Greenburg
Archival pigment print on 44 x 30 in. paper by Jennifer Greenburg
Edition of 3
This work first exhibited in a 2020 exhibition, A Substitute World | Photographs by Jennifer Greenburg. Works belonging to this series have haunted her since the moment they were made – the weight of these spaces inspired the uncanny necessity to make the image. The contemporary artist is best known for her Revising History series, an interdisciplinary practice that results in a photograph but involves elaborate methods of construction. These works by contrast are indulgent- they engage a compulsion of image making that does nothing to advance the media. Sometimes time sharpens relevance; these works were culled-back out of 15 years of image-making in a moment of quarantine and isolation- their context is reframed. They capture subjects with undeniable beauty: they are formally well-framed and have lush palate. The scale of the works pushes their monumentality and reveal their true façade. They exaggerate and satiate our desire to indulge in fresh experiences, yet we know images are not real, rather proxy.