Laurence Jenkell - Artist Info

About Laurence Jenkell

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Laurence Jenk
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    Laurence Jenkell depicted Candy under all its forms: paintings and sculptures. This simple object of desire became her subject of preference.

    Materials reflect her expressions of fragmentation and include Plexiglas, polyester, aluminum, bronze and marble. More than a medium, the candy interpreted by Laurence Jenkell become a "language".

    Some persons might say that her candy sculpture is a radical gesture stemming from the semantic contents of Pop art and from New Realism, and someone else might speak about an artistic greed that delights our senses and evokes sweetness by glorifying all subjects carried by these candies.

    In 2011 Laurence Jenkell as official partner of the G20 in Cannes invented a concept of itiner...

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