Jennifer Weigel
Icarus Washed Ashore, iconic images from Deepwater Horizon oil spill recreated in used motor oil
Inheritance, broken Boehm bird
Road Kill, images of birds struck by cars, http://autobahnbirds.blogspot.com/
Cast Off, found litter on clothesline
Performances for the Kansas Sky: Dance of the Oil Derrick
Performances for the Kansas Sky: Powdered Sugar to the Wind
Au Naturel, altered found dress with faux plants
Trashed Out, trash bag ensemble
Please Recycle, photo in edition of plastic bottles found as litter while walking within a mile of my house
Jennifer Weigel is a multi-disciplinary mixed media conceptual artist. Weigel utilizes a wide range of media to convey her ideas, including assemblage, drawing, fibers, installation, jewelry, painting, performance, photography and video. Much of her work touches on themes of beauty, identity (especially as it pertains to gender identity), memory & forgetting, and institutional critique. Weigel’s art has been exhibited nationally and has won numerous awards.