Jessica Stockholder

I enjoy Stockholder's work because she uses colorful, inexpensive props to engage means of production that we encounter in our daily lives. You can tell she takes pleasure in her work; although, its sometimes excruciating to develop a project and yet she still makes it look effortless, beautiful, and simple. Stockholder feels its exciting, rich, and difficult to walk into a studio unsure of the outcome. When working with installations she does a little preplanning for space to make more use of her time while in the studio. "Drawings are recipes for action", said Stockholder. In the beginning, her work was more nonverbal because her parents were very verbal so she wanted to work with the physical world to profess her experiences throughout her life that couldn't be argued with. Now that she's older and more wise she parallels her words to her work. Most artists start off with an idea then try to illustrate that thought through their work, while stockholder thinks about what her work will look like visually then afterwards associates an explanation for the artwork. Stockholder's work is interesting to me because she's suggesting possibilities for a different experience, world, etc. other than the ordinary while using ordinary props.