Jenny Wiener
Tavares, Florida
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Jenny Wiener Tavares, Florida Words became measures in oral traditions by using abstract forms such as ‘bunch, heap or many’. My question is how do you measure ‘so many?’ The ancients associated these number words with concrete objects, but unfortunately the names of the original concrete objects have undergone a complete metamorphosis with no recorded data available. I argue the concrete object associated with ‘so many’ was a shoe. Often combining intricate technical drawing with layers of silk-screened geometric shapes, Jenny Weiner’s practice revolves around numbers. Her concern is that we are increasingly reduced to numbers: serial numbers, random numbers – units measuring everything and nothing. She defines these processes and applies them to whatever she wants – from fairy tales to Renaissance paintings.
pencil and ink on paper 101/2 x 9 © 2009 $225 This is the first piece in a series of analysis of measuring ‘The Old Woman who lived in a shoe’ – what size is your shoe?
pencil and ink on paper 101/2 x 9 © 2009 $225 |