Wow. She is just so darn clever! I found it interesting to hear that she was a trained painter, a lot of her work seems much more rooted in form and shape than in recognizable objects. She seems to use the camera more as a machine to record, with no artistic hand than as a tool for art itself. Works like the Honeymoon Suites, Broken Sets, and The Ends of Things seem much more relatable to painting than photography. Her work was slightly exclusive, and it was nice to hear her say she was aware of this, it is not readily available for any viewer, one has to do a bit of digging to understand everything they are looking at. Without statements a lot of her work is misconstrued and possibly brushed over. She spoke intelligently and assertively, she seemed completely aware of all the reasons behind her work and themes they represented. I was really interested in the ideas of consumerism she approached with clippings from home decor magazines, this unconscious desire to purchase items that 1,000's of other people have, in order to attempt to live your life as the magazines portray them.
Image 1: Penelope Umbrico, Ends of Things Photography
Image 2: Penelope Umbrico, “Bed/Pillows/Paint”, magazine pages, house paint, 2006-07
Image 3: Penelope Umbrico, Broken Sets (Ebay) Photography
Image 4: Penelope Umbrico, Broken Sets (Ebay) Photography
Image 5: Penelope Umbrico, Honeymoon Suites Photography
Image 6: Penelope Umbrico, Honeymoon Suites Photography
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