JAR
Jordan Ames Rossi
My work uses images from the past and present to examine the lives of unique women. Selecting images based on W.T.J. Mitchell's ideas on images, I choose pictures that communicate a desire to the viewer. I also create work with Luce Irigaray's idea of painting the invisible, including my inherent feminist bias in the selection and creation of my work.
I recreate my selected images using various media, including the historical tradition of embroidery thread on aida fabric. This way of working allows me to capture the image, along with the interest it contains. I use these medias, as it allows me connect to familial and feminine tradition. I feel that it is important to have a personal link to the techniques and media I use in my practice.
In my practice, I make work that not only captures the attention of the viewer, but also gives them something to consider. If not the inherent desire in the images or the display of female experience, then the uncommon qualities in the images I choose.
Bachelor of Arts in Art History
Summa Cum Laude
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Master of Fine Arts
2:1
University of Reading