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| Gig, Drawing to scale, ink, graphite on mylar, 11x 17 inches 2016. |
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Gig. Installation progress #1. |
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Gig. Installation progress #2. |
I make multiple drawings to scale with Faber-Castell Pitt
Pens on Mylar in order to explore the module shape, configuration and colors I
might use. Then I can use a selected drawing as a guide for the installation.
The process of doing site-specific pieces requires me to think how the space is
inhabited, how the scale of the piece fits into the space, how a person will
look at it in terms of their position in space, and how the lighting affects
the piece. I consider not only the wall/window but also whether to incorporate
the floor in the installation by leaving the remnants from cutting the ribbon
on the floor. Another consideration is
how these remnants engage people visually or physically.
For the most part, I use traditional materials, but I use
them differently from their intended use, which is always an interesting
challenge. For instance, when I began thinking of making large-scale wall
drawings, I looked for a material that would work in terms of scale, color and
application. I decided on curling
ribbon, which I have used for all my wall and window installations. This material adds an element of surprise
when you move closer to the installed piece and corrugations can be seen.
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Gig,
Fred Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT, Outside view.
Ribbon
on window, 7.8h x 11.25w feet, 2016
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Gig,
Fred Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT, Inside view,.
Ribbon on window, 7.8h x 11.25w feet, 2016. |
 Gig. Detail.
Gig, a window installation at Fred Giampietro Gallery made possible by an Artist Fellowship Grant from the Connecticut Arts Council of the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) and Office of the Arts (COA).
For the first time, I used equilateral triangles as the module for the Gig installation. The triangles are proportional to the window frame the shapes occupy. This installation took me four days with one assistant.
In all my drawings and installations, when two colors of ribbon overlap, besides creating a moiré effect, a visual mixture of color happens, making a third color. For example, the orange and green creates a yellow. The possibility of viewing the installation inside and outside, including reflections, was the inspiration for doing it on windows.
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Twizzle,
Dublin Biennial, Dublin, Ireland
Ribbon on wall, 9.5h x 17w feet, 2014. |
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| Twizzle, Drawing to scale, ink, graphite on mylar, 11x 17 inches 2014. |
I used a quarter of an octagon as the module for the Twizzle installation at the 2014 Dublin
Biennial, Dublin Ireland. It took me
five days with two assistants to make the installation.
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Bio
Blinn Jacobs studied at the
Yale School of Art as a special student for four years and received her MFA in
painting from the University of Pennsylvania in 1993.
Her work has been in numerous
one-person shows including the University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY;
the Kunstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany; Fred Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT;
Paul Mellon Arts Center Gallery, Wallingford, CT; Second Street Gallery,
Charlottesville, VA; Chester Gallery, Chester CT and the Creative Arts
Workshop, New Haven, CT. Many group
shows include the Dublin Biennial, the Florence Biennale, the Faber Birren
National Color Show and the Painting Center. In addition, she has installed
eleven site specific installations.
Blinn has received awards from
the Farber Birren Color Show, the Slivermine Arts Centert and twice from the
Connecticut Commission on the Arts. In addition, she has had seven fellowships
from the Virginia Center for Creative Arts and an international residency at
the Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus in Schwandorf, Germany.
Her work is in private and
public collections including the University of Wyoming Art Museum and the city
of Schwandorf, Germany.
Blinn Jacobs lives and works
in Branford, CT.
She is represented by the Fred
Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT
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