Jessica Minckley: Solo Exhibition

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WHEN: February 9 – March 8, 2008

HOURS: TUES. – SAT. 11-6 or by appointment

RECEPTION: Saturday, February 9, from 6-9 p.m.

We are pleased to present the work of Jessica Minckley in her first solo at the Carl Berg Gallery. A recent graduate from Otis, Minckley burst onto the scene in the Rogue Wave exhibition at LA Louver in 2005. Minckley continues her exploration of the cultural myth and will include sculpture, painting and drawing in this exhibition.

Her new body of work relies upon personal symbolism, but these specific anecdotes are obscured from plain sight. Minckley uses found and altered objects that are combined and recontextualized to present curious forms that are sentimentally charged with spiritual, domestic, biological and psychological suggestions.

The materials she uses include images from church thrift stores, medical instruments, containers for delicacies; birds meant to lure or scare as well as epigraph pages from books. Her method is a hermetic process that relies on a self-referential vocabulary of her own investigations and interests, which simultaneously opens up, asking that some sort of narrative be written by the viewer to connect them all cohesively.

Minkley creates a rich approach to her art making that can seduce the viewer with its visual presence but also and perhaps more importantly she provides twists that compel the viewer to think and contemplate each work beyond its physical presence.

For further questions please contact Carl Berg: Tel: 323-931-6060

Jessica Minckley
Epigraph-Epitaph Series (installation view)
2008
Mixed media on book pages
78 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches

Jessica Minckley
That's Why They Call It "Falling" (Epigraph-Epitaph Series) *
2008
Ink on book page
9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches

Jessica Minckley
The Jungle (Epigraph-Epitaph Series) *
2008
Watercolor and ballpoint pen on book page
8 x 5 1/4 inches

Jessica Minckley
Without Representation (Epigraph-Epitaph Series) *
2008
Pencil and watercolor on book page
9 x 6 inches

Jessica Minckley
Dystopia (Epigraph-Epitaph Series) *
2008
Watercolor on book page
7 x 4 inches

Jessica Minckley
Without Reason (Epigraph-Epitaph Series) *
2008
Pencil on book page
7 3/4 x 5 inches

Jessica Minckley
Night Falls (Epigraph-Epitaph Series) *
2008
Ink and and ballpoint pen on book page
8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches

Jessica Minckley
Swift Lightning (Epigraph-Epitaph Series) *
2008
Ballpoint pen on book page
7 1/2 x 5 inches

Jessica Minckley
Longing For Unquiet (Epigraph-Epitaph Series) *
2008
Pencil on book page
8 x 5 1/4 inches

Jessica Minckley
Unanswered Prayers (Epigraph-Epitaph Series) *
2008
Watercolor on book page
9 1/4 x 6 inches

Jessica Minckley
To Those Who Escaped (Epigraph-Epitaph Series) *
2008
Pencil and watercolor on book page
8 x 5 1/4 inches

Jessica Minckley
Bound Girl (Epigraph-Epitaph Series) *
2008
Pencil on book page
8 x 5 1/2 inches

Jessica Minckley
Untitled
2008
Mixed Medium
6 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 4 inches

Jessica Minckley
Untitled
2007
Cake boxes
125 x 9 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches

Jessica Minckley
Untitled
2008
MormonAd, Morton Salt
19 3/4 x 16 3/4 x 3 inches

Jessica Minckley
I've Got You
2007
Plastic finger hooks, rope, Himalayan salt licks
20 x 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches

Jessica Minckley
Untitled
2008
Ink, colored pencil, graphite, frame, upholstery fabric
76 x 33 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches