2010 Studio Visit: Artist Jennifer Dickson

Continuing with studio visits of Contemporary Sculptors of Chicago..

September 2, 2010: Visited studio of artist Jennifer Dickson.

Ever since I saw the sculpture “Bridge”.., which I love, I had wanted to meet with the artist. At that time, I had no idea who the sculptor was and later when I found out it was Jennifer Dickson, I was surprised how young she is. And yesterday I found out, that Bridge was her very first piece of Public Art! And that is very impressive! Her works can be described as modern figurative sculpture. Jennifer is a graduate of Northeastern Illinois University with a degree in social and urban geography.

In her website, she described her work as..
My research focused on the use of space, trying to understand how it is produced and experienced through our social practices and every day lives. I continue to pursue this research through my work and understanding as an artist. In particular, I am interested in how our production of space affects our relationship to our natural environment and to each other. My goal is to apply this knowledge to the creation of individual sculptural pieces and installations that directly engage the viewer physically, mentally and emotionally by creating new places within our everyday landscape that challenge our traditional experience of space and inspire new perspectives.

Bridge – by Jennifer Dickson

I visited Jennifer’s home studio on Sep 2, 2010. It was the first time I was meeting her. We had a small conversation trying to get to know each other, and our interests. Jennifer draws her inspirations from Antony Gormley’s works and loves Jaume Plensa and Anish Kapoor. We also talked about Tony Tasset’s “Eye” and Magdalena Abakanowicz’s “Agora” which both of us love! I took some photos at her studio and then we went to see her sculpture “Being There/ There being”.