JENNIFER VASHER
Tova

DRAWINGS

Jennifer Vasher Tova Drawing Are We Even

The large format charcoal, pastel, and ink drawings are documentation of psychological and physical landscapes, these two from family histories.

The titles Thunderbird Lodge, Canyon de Chelly Are We Even Related? (The Thunderbird Lodge, Canyon de Chelly) and Unknown Location for a Baptism (Somewhere outside Charleston, Mississippi 1956) announcing both location and event.

Cult of Cleanliness

Wish / Wash (The McBeth Effect)

so, almost drawing from the series Exclusionary Qualifiers. Escape words that release from liability and responsibility. Words such as practically and almost. (We are almost there; She is practically family..)

Whether exploring the abstract landscapes of a puritanical society, or that society’s commonplace language in the form of exclusionary qualifiers, the imagery references the interplay between desire, fear, addiction, marketing, and consumerism.

Are We Even Related? (The Thunderbird Lodge, Canyon de Chelly, 2019)

Horizon, 2020, charcoal on synthetic (Yupo) paper, matte clear coat, 30" H x 60" W,

Grass i and Grass ii

Grass