Jennifer Packer // The Eye Is Not Satisfied with Seeing: Serpentine Gallery, London

Jennifer Packer // The Eye Is Not Satisfied with Seeing: Serpentine Gallery, London

Jennifer Packer • Jennifer Packer

ISBN-10: 3960989032 · ISBN-13: 978‑3960989035 · 2021

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Dimensions: 11.5 in; 8.8 in

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Through a uniquely textural style of oil painting that evokes the fluidity of watercolors, Jennifer Packer recasts classical genres in a contemporary light while remaining rooted in a deeply personal context. Combining observation, improvisation, and memory, her intimate portraits and flower paintings insist on the particularity of the Black lives she depicts. This volume explores the artist's insatiable quest for knowledge, offering a profound look at the intersection of history, intimacy, and representation.

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