![]() ![]() The figure's eyes are half closed, indicating loss of what he is or expects out of the world. Circular parts on his flesh signify the marks of stigmata. This work represents the prevention of a stop and search of a Black man by police. The majority of his body is rendered dramatically in brilliant yellow, red, and green. ![]() In 2017, Transfiguration (He's No Saint) shows a young African-American man wearing glasses with two raised arms. In 2013, she made art featuring body parts such as fingers, knees, and protruding jaw lines of straining bodies emerging from the haze, an example of which is Lost In Translation. For her portraits, she depicts friends and family in an intimate style that is meant to avoid a straightforward reading. Packer has been inspired by social justice movements, which can be seen through her floral work representing institutional violence against Black Americans and the resulting grief. She was the 2012–2013 Artist-in-Residence at the Studio Museum in Harlem, and a Visual Arts Fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center from 2014 to 2016. Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Jennifer Packer's first college before going to Yale University.Īfter completing her MFA, Packer moved to the Bronx, and later became an assistant professor in the painting department at Rhode Island School of Design where she continues to teach. In 2012, she graduated from Yale University with a Master of Fine Arts in painting and printmaking. She attended Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2007. Packer was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. “Jennifer Packer: The Eye Is Not Satisfied With Seeing”, Whitney Museum of American Art, March 23, 2022 Primarily working in oil paint, her style uses loose, improvisational brush strokes, and a limited color palette. ![]() She paints portraits of contemporaries, funerary flower arrangements, and other subjects through close observation. Packer's subject matter includes political portraits, interior scenes, and still life featuring contemporary Black American experiences. Jennifer Packer (born 1984) is a contemporary American painter and educator based in New York City. Hermitage Greenfield Prize and the Rome Prize ![]()
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