Lehmann Maupin

Artist: Jennifer Steinkamp
Title: Rapunzel
Date: 2005
Dimensions: variable, approx. 10 feet high.
Equipment: Mitsubishi XL5950U 4700 lumen projectors, Dell OptiPlex SX280 computers.
Photo Credit: Robert Wedemeyer, courtesy ACME., Los Angeles, and Lehmann Maupin, NY
Exhibition History:

1. Lehmann Maupin, New York, May 20-June 25, 2005, exhibited 3, 9, 10, 12.
2. ACME., Los Angeles, California, June 3 - July 2, 2005, exhibited 1, 5, 6, 11, 12.
3. Galeria Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid Spain, March 23 - May 4, 2006, exhibited 6, 9.
4. Jennifer Steinkamp, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, curated by JoAnne Northrup, July 1 - October 1, 2006, exhibited 3.
5. Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, March 2 - April 14, 2007. exhibited 10.
6. Existencies, MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon, Spain, September 21, 2007- January 6 2008, exhibited 9.
7. Towada Art Center, Towada, Japan, April, 2008. exhibited 1.

Lehmann Maupin

Description: I made the work because I was inspired by the Grimm fairy tale of Rapunzel whose mother while pregnant had cravings for the rampion flower. Rapunzel's mother longed for the beautiful, edible flower that grew in the garden of her next door neighbor a witch. She sent her husband to get the flower, after being caught trying to steal the flower, they were convinced to give up their daughter to the witch in exchange for the flower. The story a self portrait, it is about parents giving up their children to addiction.

The installation consists of gently swaying vines projected filling a wall.  The playful movement of the vines is seemingly natural, yet tension is created between the physical space of the gallery and the invented landscape.

Part of the collection:
MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon, Spain, 9.
Towada Art Center, Towada, Japan

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