Jenny Wu transforms liquid paint into sculpture built from layers of latex paint poured on glass, color over color, to form a thick cake-like aggregate. Once dried, the material is cut into small brick-like forms and assembled in vibrant patterns on a flat surface, revealing in cross-section the varied strata of paint from the pouring and layering process. Like geological formations, Wu’s method of building up paint is dependent on time, repetition and chance with her resulting objects uniting chaos and order into a systematic imagery that blurs the boundaries between painting and sculpture.
2+ Year Long Middle School Dodgeball Game, 2022
latex paint and resin on wood panel
20 x 10 x 2.50 in
Adults Were Not Okay, 2021
latex paint and resin on wood panel
20 x 16 x 2.50 in
Meaningful Access, 2020
latex paint and resin on wood panel
20 x 16 x 2.50 in
Carefully Editing An Email Response, 2021
latex paint and resin on wood panel
24 x 18 x 2.50 in
Hardly A Mandate, 2021
latex paint and resin on wood panel
20 x 16 x 2.50 in
Have Always Existed and Will Always Exist, 2022
latex paint and resin on wood panel
36 x 24 x 2.50 in
Letting Referees Openly Bet On Games, 2021
latex paint and resin on wood panel
36 x 24 x 2.50 in
Live In #DontLookUp, 2022
latex paint and resin on wood panel
18 x 18 x 2.50 in
Too Heavy to Carry to the British Museum, 2022
latex paint and resin on wood panel
20 x 16 x 2.50 in
Got Scared & Bought It, 2021
latex paint and resin on wood panel
20 x 20 x 2.50 in
About the Artist:
Jenny Wu was born in Nanjing, China. She holds a B.A. from William Smith College in Studio Art as well as in Architectural Studies, and an M.F.A. in Studio Art from American University. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums including Denise Bibro Fine Art, Katzen Museum, Huntington Museum of Art, Reece Museum, Vilnius Academy of Arts in Lithuania, and CICA Museum in South Korea. Wu has participated in numerous Artist-In-Residence programs across the country; and has been awarded fellowships from Vermont Studio Center and the Pollock Krasner Foundation. She has been represented by Morton Fine Art since 2021.
Morton Fine Art: curator's notes 
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