Janet Werner Explained

Janet Werner
Birth Place:Winnipeg, Manitoba
Movement:fictional portraits
Known For:visual artist
Education:Maryland Institute, Yale University

Janet Werner (born 1959) is a Canadian artist based in Montreal. Her work is known for its incisive and playful depictions of female figures, raising questions about the nature of the subject in painting.[1] [2] [3]

Biography

Janet Werner was born in 1959 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and currently resides in Montreal, Quebec, where she teaches at Concordia University. Werner studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, and, in 1985 she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts. Later, she studied at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, where she received her Masters of Fine Arts in 1987.[4] From 1987 to 1999 she taught painting and drawing at the University of Saskatchewan, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.[5] [6]

Work

Werner is known primarily for her large scale fictional portraits. She has been focusing on the genre since 1997. Werner explores themes of subjectivity and desire by producing composites of found images.[7] Recent paintings have explored painting's relationship to ideas of realism and the photograph. It can be said that the artist uses painting to deconstruct the ubiquity of the photographic image.[8]

Collections

Exhibitions

Werner exhibited at the Art Gallery of Guelph in 2019.[11]

Selected exhibitions

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Osterweil. Ara. December 2017. Janet Werner. Artforum International. 56. 4. 206–207.
  2. Kissick. John. 2013. Someone something nothing: Some thoughts on Janet Werner's recent paintings. Border Crossings. 32. 2. 46–53.
  3. Web site: Janet Werner on What Makes a Good Painting, Artist Statements, Professionalization Pressures & More. Balzer. David. Canadian Art. en-US. 2019-03-12.
  4. Book: Janet Werner: lucky. Laing. Carol. Werner. Janet. Southern Alberta Art Gallery. Owens Art Gallery. 1997. Southern Alberta Art Gallery. 9780921613855. Lethbridge, Alta.. 34. en. 45207344.
  5. Web site: David . Elliot . Paint Person . https://web.archive.org/web/20110410215931/http://www.canadianart.ca/art/features/2002/11/03/57/ . dead . 2011-04-10 . canadianart.ca . Canadian Art.
  6. Web site: Salle de presse – " Janet Werner. Another Perfect Day " at Galerie de l'UQAM. salledepresse.uqam.ca. 2016-03-14. 2017-09-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20170924135823/http://salledepresse.uqam.ca/communiques-de-presse-2013/3962-l-janet-werner-another-perfect-day-r-at-galerie-de-luqam.html. dead.
  7. Web site: Janet Werner – Parisian Laundry. www.parisianlaundry.com. 2015-12-02.
  8. King, Nancy; Campbell, James D.; Sloan, Johanne. Janet Warner: Too Much Happiness Montreal: Parisian Laundry, 2008.
  9. Web site: Janet Werner Collection Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. collections.mnbaq.org. 14 July 2019.
  10. Web site: 2010-104 Rubber Lips Janet Werner » WAG . 2020-05-10 . 2021-02-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210204191547/https://wag.ca/art/collections/artwork/2010-104-rubber-lips-janet-werner/?from=art-search . dead .
  11. Web site: Janet Werner: What Time Is It, Mr. Wolf? . Art Gallery of Guelph . 23 March 2019.
  12. Book: Barbara Brown: Résonances / Janet Werner : Lingua. 1994. La Centrale. fr. 948707814.

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