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Jacqueline Gropp: Artist
A fascination with scientific instrumentation and empirical thought characterises Gropp.s work in glass. A formal essentialism and conceptual clarity is reflected in her use of materials, but belies or perhaps accommodates a capacity for conveying complex and layered meanings. These are carried as references drawn from the disciplines of art, science and cosmology and as poetic and symbolic metaphors. Using forms like the beaker, thistle flask, test tube, Y piece and pipette in combination with transparent scientific glass Gropp suggests the paradigm of scientific inquiry. By incorporating liquids and effects such as capillary action Gropp also implies biological forms and the human body in particular. This perception is reinforced by her use of symmetry, containment and arrangements that reference internal organs such as the heart and lungs, to evoke a sense of poignancy.
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- Jacqueline Gropp
- Email: jacqgropp@hotmail.com
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