Jennifer Packer: The Eye Is Not Satisfied With Seeing
Oct 30, 2021–Apr 17, 2022
Vision Impaired
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Packer began to experiment with monochromatic painting in 2015 as way to give “equal importance to negative space and the adornment of the environment” in her work. Using primarily one color became an editing device for Packer, allowing her to eliminate details that felt inessential to her, while emphasizing presence through color density. This painting’s title may suggest that when certain formal elements, such as tactility, are “impaired” or de-stressed in a painting, other aspects, like light and shadow, can be foregrounded.
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Jennifer Packer, Vision Impaired, 2015. Oil on canvas, 42 3/10 × 53 9/10 in. (107.5 × 137 cm). Private collection. © Jennifer Packer. Photograph by Marcus Leith. Image courtesy Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, and Corvi-Mora, London