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March Issue 2005
Nested in Carrboro, NC, Features Works by Jennifer Padilla
Nested, a fine art and gift gallery, in Carrboro, NC, is pleased to announce the latest in a series of emerging artist exhibits, Jennifer Padilla: Moving Stills, on view from Mar. 8 through Apr. 6, 2005.
The exhibit presents vibrant images culled from experiments in spatiality. The artist, Padilla, draws from her dynamic surroundings and steadied observations to elicit at once movement and delicacy in her still-life paintings. Padilla's paintings are informed by her craftsmanship in a variety of other media. "I use my photography, sketches, Xerox, and 8mm film for reference in the making of my paintings," says Padilla. With this approach, Padilla's paintings transcend the still-life medium.
For the past four years, Padilla has been part of Antfarm, a cooperative studio in downtown Raleigh, NC. The 4,000-square-foot space, its surroundings and Padilla's collective experiences inform her work. "The Antfarm gives me a chance to experiment and explore the limits of my paintings and process," Padilla says. "My work is directly influenced by this space, my travel experiences and by food - especially the delicate shapes, textures and colors of fruit, the mark of graffiti and tag art, the shapes and lines created by cityscapes, mass transit and the trains that pass by the Antfarm."
Fruit is a recurring theme in Padilla's multihued paintings. More than a casual observer, she becomes uniquely acquainted with the objects she conceptualizes: "I often spend hours at the market, inspecting the produce for the exact specimens I desire to incorporate into my pieces," Padilla offers.
A native of Chapel Hill, NC, Padilla studied art in California and is a graduate of North Carolina State University.
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