![]() Richly illustrated and designed by Roland Brauchli, it includes contributions by a number of artists and art historians including Rizvana Bradley, bell hooks, Dona Nelson, Christina Sharpe, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, and an interview between Jennifer Packer and Serpentine Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist.Ĭhristina Sharpe’s insightful new text “Abundant With Light” focuses on both the political and emotional resonance of Packer’s practice. On the occasion of Jennifer Packer’s exhibition The Eye Is Not Satisfied With Seeing, Serpentine has co-published a catalogue with Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König. Significant support is provided by Candy and Michael Barasch, Further Forward Foundation, and Dawn and David Lenhardt.Īdditional support is provided by Bernard I. Generous support is provided by Judy Hart Angelo. The lead sponsor for Jennifer Packer: The Eye Is Not Satisfied with Seeing is the Jerome L. The presentation at the Whitney is organized by Rujeko Hockley, Arnhold Associate Curator, and Jane Panetta, Nancy and Fred Poses Curator and Director of the Collection, with Ambika Trasi, Curatorial Assistant. Jennifer Packer: The Eye Is Not Satisfied With Seeing was initiated by Serpentine and curated by Melissa Blanchflower, Curator, Exhibitions and Public Art with Natalia Grabowska, Assistant Curator. We deserve to be heard and to be imaged with shameless generosity and accuracy.” ![]() ![]() We deserve to be seen and acknowledged in real time. “My inclination to paint,” Packer has said, “especially from life, is a completely political one. This avowal of both clarity and opacity endows her paintings with the same complexity she sees in the Black sitters that populate her art-and the world. Her paintings, most recently seen at the Whitney in the 2019 Biennial, slide between the fidelity of depiction and the freedom of abstraction. Her intimate renderings of friends, family, and flowers evoke the art historical genres of portraiture and still life, while also highlighting the politics of representation. Featuring over thirty works from the past decade, The Eye Is Not Satisfied With Seeing is the largest survey of Packer’s practice to date. ![]() Jennifer Packer’s paintings and drawings combine observation, memory, and improvisation. ![]()
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