The Jungle That I Am
The Jungle That I Am marks an exquisite new high point in the long arc of Nina Alexander's distinguished artistic career. This new publication highlights a recent collection of her vivid pastel drawings (2019-2021) all reproduced in stunning full color that follow on an insightful essay looking at earlier decades of work preceding these images chronicled here for the first time in print. The 120-page volume reveals a colorful dream-driven mythos:
“Symbols from the depths of fantasy worlds and mythology animate metamorphic forms. Hints of folk, outsider and indigenous art are conveyed with fluent lines and vibrant colors. There are manifestations of a powerful unconscious drive and pan-cultural erudition in these luminous, festive works.”
—excerpt from Gordon McConnell’s essay A Dream World Bestiary
Published in paperback, french flaps, 123 pages, 10 x 10 inches, 77 full page reproductions, 4-color printing on satin paper. Introduction by Nina Alexander; essay by Gordon McConnell; edited by Christopher Warner. Published by Materialist Press, an imprint of Cereal Box Studio, 2021. ISBN 978-1-7335169-1-4
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