Jennifer Rodriquez


Jennifer Rodriquez ~ Illinois (Jenna)

Miniature by Jennifer Rodriguez

Obsession By Jennifer Rodriquez Chicago, Illinois: Jennifer Rodriguez, 2009. Edition of 2. 12.25 x 9 x 2"; 84 pages. French door structure. Exposed Japanese stab binding each side. Inkjet printed. Images mounted on Matt board. Text printed using image transfers. Front and back boards cloth covered. Jenna Rodriguez: "Obsession is a massive book of photographs of doors from all over the world. It illustrates my obsession with doors. For three years I documented doors from my travels. Doors lead to another world and what is occurring on the other side of the door intrigues me. Every door has character and an untold story behind it." Each door is identified in general terms, for example, "Near the Spanish Steps, Rome, Italy." What's behind the doors is left to our imaginations. $325	Click image for more


Reflect By Jenna Rodriquez Chicago, Illinois: Jenna Rodriguez, 2009. Edition of 12. 3 x 4.375"; 8 booklets. Each booklet made from one sheet of paper, and each containing 5 pages. Letterpress printed and pressure prints. Housed in reflective silver slipcase. "Reflect is an artist book about how my family identifies both themselves as individuals and as a family. Coming from a large family with six children, my parents developed their own community. Humans identify and classify people in their own community and create internal thoughts about each other. "For instance, 'That's my brother. I love him because he is my family.' This work explores what it means to consider family perceptions from different points of view. "For the content of the book, I interviewed each member of my family and asked: If you had one chance to tell the world what kind of person you are in one sentence what would you say? How do you describe your family as a whole, and in a few words how do you identify each family member? "I produced eight individual books: one for each member. In each book, there is a list of letterpressed words the other members of the family chose to describe that particular member. A pressure print portrait represents that person and on the page opposite, metallic paper represents a mirror with letterpressed text on top of it. Upon opening the page, on the portrait of the person reflected is a sentence revealing how he or she identifies [himself or herself] as an individual. "I chose a representative typeface for each family member merging their personality and the visual characteristics of the typeface. For instance, my youngest brother's typeface is Cooper Black because the characteristics of Cooper Black look very child-like and playful. On the last page of every book is how each member describes the family as a whole. "There is a surprise on the backside of the books. When unfolded, all eight books create a puzzle that can be put together to view my family portrait, which is not a detailed image because it represents the family as a whole not as individuals. "Christmas morning I gave each member, a complete set of all eight books and had them open them all at the same time. Interestingly, they immediately went to the book about themselves and read a line out loud trying to figure out who said what." $115	Click image for more

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