Julia Jacquette

Lives and works in New York, NY, USA and Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Artist statement

My paintings discuss the relentless presence of media imagery in our lives and the pernicious narrative that imagery promotes, a malignant narrative clothed in a seductive visual form. By visually quoting sections of photographs found in advertising - and focusing on the carefully staged details of these images - the paintings serve as a way for me to own the media images which simultaneously fascinate and vex me. Over the last two years I've begun a body of work that incorporates current media figures - fictional and real - interacting in both violent and comical ways. These paintings allow me to discuss my own personal sense of rage and fear at my current situation as a woman and artist - indeed, as a human being - living in the United States in 2019.

Artwork