THE FOCUS

My paintings and works on paper pursue abstraction as an intimately coded language of mark-making and editing, producing artworks that invite the consideration of process and materiality in painting as a site for new modes of visual discovery. I consider this work to be an ongoing consideration of process in abstraction, and a central theme is the perception of time via the experience of material handling and mark-making. Richard Feaster, Studio Visit, November 2016 Richard Feaster, Studio Visit, November 2016 Presented in...

Note: Jessica Wohl spoke with Eleanor Aldrich four days before the 2016 presidential election at her show "Love Thy Neighbor" at Sewanee's University Art Gallery. Eleanor Aldrich: Formalism is often thought of as apolitical, where as illustration can border on the didactic- how do you reconcile these in your work? Jessica Wohl: I was actually an illustration major in college, but as I graduated I instantly began distancing myself from that and realized that the work I was making was...

I am influenced by my immediate surroundings. Since 2008, I have split my time mostly between Memphis and New York. Working in both cities has inspired a sense of exploration and a certain amount of nervous anxiety in my paintings and drawing allowing for the funky raw history of Memphis to collide with the energy of New York City. Pinkney Herbert, Studio Visit, November 2016 Pinkney Herbert, Studio Visit, November 2016 This dichotomy fires my intuitive impulses, allowing them to surface and...