Jenene Nagy- Soft Architecture
Posted By LaurenPortland artist, Jenene Nagy, has a new exhibit titled Soft Architecture. I really can’t seem to find very much information about this exhibit. I guess no one has gone out to review it yet. Essentially, it seems to be a set of sculptural landscapes created from house making materials.
The artist’s own words about her project:
From Japanese Gardens to prefab subdivision neighborhoods, the need to invent a perfect place is embedded in our collective psyche. The structures in my work borrow from the language of architects‘ models and stage props. I am interested in blurring the boundaries between the constructed environment and the natural. There is a sweetness in these worlds I create suggested by the luscious, candied frosting aesthetic. The desire for them is tempered by the exposure of their materiality.
Nails, foam, shelf paper, and house paint remind us of an order inherent in our experience of place (home), yet the exploitation of these materials invent a land that is otherworldly. Residing somewhere between painting and sculpture, my work aims to simultaneously reference where we are and where we wish we could be.
Soft Architecture is a place in which structure is defined by memory. The lines dividing interior and exterior are broken down, creating an uncanny relationship between organic forms and manufactured materials. Fueled by a rigorous investigation of a remembered space and time, the “real” becomes hyper-real. Shifts in scale and vibrating fields of
contrasting colors result in a customized utopia.
I love the idea of a “customized utopia.” This should be a goal for all interior designers.
Exhibit runs from now until February 24, 2007
PDX WINDOW PROJECT
405 NW 9th Avenue
(503) 222-0063
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