Jenna Gribbon
THIS WEEK on the GWA Podcast, we interview one of the most exciting painters working today, Jenna Gribbon. \n\nDrawing on the traditions of oil paint by focussing on figuration, Jenna Gribbon is known for her sensual, washy and almost electrically-coloured canvases that predominantly portray her partner, Mackenzie, as well as her son. \n\nWorking on a surface, which, when witnessed in real life, appears to be constantly moving, the bodies in Jenna\u2019s paintings erupt like landscapes or waterfalls collapsing in on each other. Get up close, and revealed are three, four, five, SIX layers of unexpected colour: light blues, purples, oranges, yellows, hot pinks.\n\nExisting in both natural and synthetically-lit source \u2013 I am especially drawn to those with electric lights, almost appearing as a spiritualist glow \u2013 Jenna\u2019s paintings transport you to places of both intimacy and isolation, such as that moment when you\u2019re with one other person and it feels like you\u2019re the only people in the world. \n\nAlthough we often see the same people crop up, by their very nature the paintings feel universal, like fleeting memories that you want to hold onto forever, and, most significantly, intimate \u2013 the latter being a key aspect of her work. \n\nBased in Brooklyn, NYC, where we are recording today, Jenna has exhibited across the globe at Fredericks and Freiser in New York, Massimo de Carlo in London, most recently at the Frick Madison which paired her work with Old Master Paintings in the Met Breuer\u2019s former brutalist building. Current exhibitions include at the Collezione Maramotti in Reggio Emilia, and she is housed in museum collections across the globe. \n\nJenna Gribbon in conversation at the Frick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt1ot3Cy2UY \n\nCultured Magazine: https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2022/02/16/jenna-gribbon-and-her-musician-muse-mackenzie-scott-blend-love-and-paint \n\nInterview with Juxtapoz https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/magazine/features/jenna-gribbon-the-pleasure-of-looking/ \n\nInterview with Whitehot Magazine: https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/dialogue-with-painter-jenna-gribbon/3880 \n\nFrieze: https://www.frieze.com/article/five-up-coming-painters-follow \n\nFollow us:\nKaty Hessel: @thegreatwomenartists / @katy.hessel\nResearch assistant: Viva Ruggi\nSound editing by Nada Smiljanic\nArtwork by @thisisaliceskinner\nMusic by Ben Wetherfield\n\nhttps://www.thegreatwomenartists.com/\n\n--\n\nTHIS EPISODE IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY CHRISTIES: www.christies.com