Art
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ABOUT
Anita Jung
Anita Jung is an artist based in Iowa. Over a decade ago she began to use collage and recycled materials in her printmaking process. Book covers and pre-used print surfaces are common in her work. She is also interested in the creative waste materials generated through CNC machines. These anonymous materials are beautifully abstract, they hold the cold precision of technology simultaneously with the humility of being deemed none useful. These castoff materials, through hand printing relief become layered, creating veils and dialogues within an artificially created architecture. In the making of this work, Anita often contemplates the jali or jaali, stone screens used in Indo-Islamic architecture. These screens were used both as a means to keep cool and a means to conceal interior space from the exterior world.
Anita is a professor at the University of Iowa. Over a thirty-year career, her artwork has been curated into well over two hundred and fifty solo, group and juried exhibitions throughout the United States and abroad. She has given numerous lectures at conferences, universities, art centers and community centers. She attended Arizona State University, where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting and drawing; she received her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the graphic arts. She was born and raised on the Southside of Chicago. Beginning in 2006, she became a frequent traveler to India. She maintains a robust studio practice and engages in community projects, fully utilizing being an artist in academia to engage the world around her.
Love In the Time of Counting
2020
RECENT (2019) WORK
JaliTriptych | Woodcut | 30x66 | BordersAcrylic on Paper | 30x22 | 2019 | Hole in the SkyAcrylic on Paper | 30x22 | 2019 |
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Counting StarsAcrylic on Paper | 30x22 | 2019 | RisingAcrylic on Paper | 30x22 | 2019 | VoidAcrylic on Paper | 30x22 | 2019 |
Flag, Acrylic on Paper | 30x22 | 2019 | TwistAcrylic on Paper | 30x22 | 2019 | Pink CloudAcrylic on Paper | 30x22 | 2019 |
CornersAcrylic on Paper | 30x22 | 2019 | Window in the SkyAcrylic on Paper | 30x22 | 2019 | Next MountainAcrylic on Paper | 30x22 | 2019 |
Green HorizonAcrylic on Paper | 30x22 | 2019 | Black HolesAcrylic on Paper | 30x22 | 2019 | InterruptAcrylic on Paper | 30x22 | 2019 |
EdgesAcrylic on Paper | 30x22 | 2019 | SlantAcrylic on Paper | 30x22 | 2019 | Weather NetAcrylic on Paper | 30x22 | 2019 |
MeshAcrylic on Paper | 24 x20 | 2019 | ChoiceAcrylic on Paper | 30x22 | 2019 | Broken BarrierAcrylic on Paper | 30x22 | 2019 |
White CloudsAcrylic on Paper | 30x22 | 2019 | Clouds Touching MountainsAcrylic on Paper | 30x22 |2019 | Black RainAcrylic on Paper | 30x22 | 2019 |
Cloud ArchAcrylic on Paper | 24x20 | 2019 | RainAcrylic on Paper | 24x20 | 2019 | BirdAcrylic on Paper | 30x22 | 2019 |
Weather SpiralAcrylic on Paper | 24x20 | 2018 | Not KansasAcrylic on Paper | 24x20 | 2018 | UnderAcrylic on Paper | 40x40 | 2019 |
SnakeAcrylic on Paper | 40x90 | 2019 | Snake MoonAcrylic on Paper | 40x90 | 2019 | In-BetweenAcrylic on Paper | 40x46 | 2019 |
Snow GardenAcrylic on Paper | 46x40 | 2019 | Eclipse IIAcrylic on Paper | 40x40 | 2019 | EclipseAcrylic on Paper | 36x36 | 2019 |
Double BlindAcrylic on Panel | 40x82 | 2019 | ConstellationAcrylic on Paper | 36x36 | 2019 | ConvergeAcrylic on Paper | 46x40 | 2019 |
CoverageAcrylic on Paper | 46x40 | 2019 | Delhi GridAcrylic on Paper | 40x90 | 2019 | Slow RiseAcrylic on Paper | 30x22 | 2019 |
RumorsAcrylic on Paper | 30x22 | 2019 | SmokeWoodcut | 30x22 | 2018 | ShadeWoodcut | 30x22 | 2018 |
MadrasAcrylic on Paper | 30x22 | 2019 | SticksWoodcut | 30x22 | 2018 | SplitWoodcut | 22x30 | 2018 |
IntersectWoodcut | 22x30 | 2018 | SummerWoodcut | 30x22 | 2019 | DivideWoodcut | 22x30 | 2019 |
TieWoodcut | 30x22 | 2019 | ChimeraAcrylic on Paper | 30x22 | 2019 | ForestAcrylic on Paper | 30x22 | 2019 |
PottuAcrylic on Paper | 30x22 | 2019 | Pink IcicleAcrylic on Paper | 30x22 | 2019 | CarnevaleAcrylic on Paper | 30x22 | 2019 |
Green CurveAcrylic on Paper | 24x20 | 2019 |
TRAVEL JOURNAL
These are selected entries from a journal sketchbook, kept during a trip to India in 2010.
India-sketchbook 01 | India-sketchbook 02 | India-sketchbook03.jpg |
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India-Sketchbook 35 | India-sketchbook 04 | India-sketchbook 05 |
Thank you for your interest. For any inquiries, commission requests or studio visits, please contact a gallery below.
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