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Artist Exhibitions:
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2001 “Take Back the Night,”
Special Exhibition at UCLA
Alumni Center
2001 “Dance of the
Tantalus,” Marina del Rey,
California
2000 “Measure for
Measure,” UCSB Santa Barbara
Women’s Center
2000 “Measure for
Measure,” Ventura California
1999 “Lyrical Constructs and
Digital Art,” Venice,
California
1998 “Canvas It...
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Artist Galleries:
Apart, 138 Portobello Road,
London, W11 2DZ, tel: 020
7229 6146.
fax: 020 7229 6658
http://ap-art.co.uk/contact.asp
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Artist Reviews:
Artwork Display by Janna Stern
Time: 6:30-9:00 p.m.
Location: Northwest Campus
Auditorium
Janna Stern M.D. '68 will
display her artwork in the
Northwest Auditorium prior to
the Women's Oratorical
Contest. She will be present
to answer questions and
discuss her work. Janna
Stern's ...
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Collections:
Coming Soon!
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Artist Statement for Janna Stern
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Excessive structure and inflexibility are enemies of creativity. I want to express ideas in the purist form, unfettered by censorship. I develop my own techniques for combining found objects, photographs I took myself, and elements of the unconscious. I start with a primordial object that holds some interest or emotion for me. A construction develops usually in two dimensions. This allows me to choreograph a dance with the subject. Occasionally I work in three dimensions, but the computer allows me to do so many things to my nidus of material that I gravitate to it more often than not. There is such an intense pressure to do multiple operations on a subject that I literally can't perform them fast enough without the computer.
This need to manipulate every facet of each object, thought, or photograph and let it speak, even shout, is a driving force for my work. I try to visualize the painting as a song with a multitude of participants joining in a chorus of harmony or cacophony. Flooding the senses of the viewers is an essential part of reaching their unconscious and drawing them into participating in the work.
Even though most of my work now is done on a computer, it is still basically collage. Tattered corners, coffee stains, or surface decay all contribute to the final outcome. A piece of art, much like a person, is the totality of the experience of its ingredients.
My latest work uses mannequins. This is the result of a fascination with history the have carried on their backs and the future they will see. They offer no resistance to the forces imposed upon them except inflexibility. Thus they are a ground for society to view itself. I hope through their use in my work to give them a voice.
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