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 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
Production Notes
Published by Materialist Press, an imprint of Cereal Box Studio, 2021.
Binding: Paperback, Sewn Lay Flat Softbound, with French Flaps
Printing: 77 full color reproductions, Digital, Satin paper
Dimensions: 10” x 10”
Edited by: Christopher Warner
Introduction by: Nina Alexander
Essay by: Gordon McConnell
Publication Date: 2021
ISBN: 978-1-7335169-1-4
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 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
Production Notes
Published by Materialist Press, an imprint of Cereal Box Studio, 2021.
Binding: Paperback, Sewn Lay Flat Softbound, with French Flaps
Printing: 77 full color reproductions, Digital, Satin paper
Dimensions: 10” x 10”
Edited by: Christopher Warner
Introduction by: Nina Alexander
Essay by: Gordon McConnell
Publication Date: 2021
ISBN: 978-1-7335169-1-4
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