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Mark Moore Gallery is pleased to present new paintings by Jennifer Nehrbass in
the Project Room. Nehrbass's opulent yet unsettling realist portraits of
women are a complex presentation of voyeurism, beauty, femininity, sexuality
and independence. Although obviously influenced by glossy, stylized
fashion photography, her paintings seem to document a performance, rather than
a pose; she catches her subjects in action, presenting then as more than simply
inactive props for their own beauty. Thus Nehrbass both supports and
subverts traditional notions of the gaze and the female portrait, echoing the
complexities and contradictions of being a woman in contemporary society. She
explores notions of formulated female identity, and the resulting difficulty of
a sense of self, free from media influence and preconceived ideals. Her
work reflects a desire to disarm and subvert accepted ideals of beauty by
presenting the unexpected and often confusing, even distasteful. By
seeing these elements of beauty in settings we do not understand or expect, we
are forced to reconsider and hopefully to question why our expectations are so
limited, so ingrained that we cannot find beauty in the other.
[Nehrbass] turns the pose of the helpless
female inside out. Her figures exude a private sexuality that is neither
passive nor aggressive […] With a self confidence detached from manly desires,
Nehrbass' women are independent characters in their own right. Juxatpoz Magazine, June 2006
Jennifer Nehrbass received her MA from New York University,
NY and her MFA from the University of New Mexico,
NM. She has exhibited widely across the United
States, most prominently in New
Mexico and New York; her work has
also been exhibited in Europe. She lives and
works in Albuquerque, NM.
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