Jane South
Jane South
Workspace Program Resident 2002
South's interest in two-meets-three-dimensional work was sparked when making sketches of armatures for large concrete sculptures. She began investigating the play between drawing and sculpture that has resulted in numerous installations. Typically South uses materials such as mylar, string, and commercial paper – cutting and constructing components for installations which are assembled as true feats of engineering. Each element is suspended from and projecting out from the wall with hooks and lines, casting shadows created by their cut-outs.
During her residency at Dieu Donné, South spent her seven days in the studio with Paul Wong, where she produced handmade paper elements to be included in her installations. Casting cotton paper pulp in shades of white, red, pink, and black onto Styrofoam forms, the artist created three-dimensional paper elements that were affixed directly to the wall. These handmade paper elements were incorporated in her recent wall installation for the exhibition bits 'n' pieces, curated by Beth Venn at the D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center in Brooklyn, NY.
In addition to these cast forms, South also produced numerous two-dimensional sheets of paper that she propped up during the drying process to make portions of the sheet fold out like pop-ups.
In the Studio
About the Artist
Jane South, (b. 1965, Manchester, England) worked in experimental theater before moving to the United States in 1989. She received a BFA in Theater Set and Costume Design from Central School of Art in London and a MFA in Painting & Sculpture from the University of North Carolina in Greensboro.
Jane South has been awarded many prestigious grants from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Joan Mitchell Foundation, and has received fellowships from NYFA, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, and RISD Mellon, and was awarded artist’s residencies at The MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, and Williams College, Camargo Foundation, and Bellagio Center Residency, among many others. She was elected to the National Academy of Design in 2018. She is represented by Spencer Brownstone Gallery in New York and is currently the Chair of Fine Arts at Pratt Institute. (Source: Spencer Brownstone Gallery and Artist’s Website)
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