Attended Hofstra University, University of South Carolina and Maryland Institute College of Art as painting major. Jude Asher was born and raised outside of Washington DC, graduate of Walt Whitman High School. Repulsion, she encourages viewers to engage in the inherent violence exercised in the construct of the feminine. Her work is labor intensive and acknowledges the invisibility of female labor in the home and in marriage and the lack of value inferred in “women’s work.” By Evoking ideas of discomfort and Using traditional craft materials and skills such as sewing, felting, crocheting, ceramics, scrapbook paper, doilies, stencils, and stamps, Gill also explores the divergence between craft and fine art and the implicit misogyny within the distinction between the two. The juxtaposition between lace, pressed flowers, and other materials with the foreground imagery of birds and bugs acts as a dialogue surrounding how the female identifying artist feels she must be perceived by society versus her experience performing gender.
Gill’s work examines the patriarchy, the male gaze and gender through animal and insect portraits. Gill uses printmaking, sculpting, drawing, painting, collage, and fiber to create artwork that explores ideas of identity, femininity, and domesticity. A in Drawing and Painting from Towson University and an MFA in Curatorial Practice and Art Criticism from the Ontario College of Art and Design. Hardcover, 5.5 x 7.7 in., 2.Caitlin Gill is a mixed media artist living in Baltimore, Maryland. He has been teaching at the Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart since 2002. From 2000 to 2002, he was a professor at the University of Fine Arts, Hamburg. The roots of surrealism and many other more recent artistic movements can be found in this treasure trove.Īlexander Roob studied painting at the University of Fine Arts, Berlin.
Each richly illustrated chapter begins with an introduction and quotes from alchemists by specialist Alexander Roob. Even for those with no knowledge of the fascinating history of alchemy, this book is a delight to explore. The enigmatic hieroglyphs of cabalists, Rosicrucians, and freemasons are shown to be closely linked with the early scientific illustrations in the fields of medicine, chemistry, optics, and color theory. From Taschen: The Hermetic Museum takes readers on a magical mystery tour spanning an arc from the medieval cosmogram and images of Christian mysticism, through the fascinating world of alchemy to the art of the Romantic era.
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