Jenn Porreca
Californian-based artist and Lost At E Minor contributor, Jenn Porreca, has an exhibition of works showing at Distinction Gallery, in Escondido kicking off on May 10th. Of the exhibition, Porreca says: ‘the show I am in is with Alex Willan and the beautiful Jeni Yang. These pieces, which I began working on last November, are heavily influenced by the silhouette films made by German artist Lotte Reiniger during the early 1900s and are a commentary on the rising ocean levels, the dark yet hopeful political climate we are in, and are a response to my recent trip to my home country of England after eighteen years away’.
Tagged: Californian artists, colour, portraits
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