Family photographs taken in the early 1970's are combined with text to recall childhood goals and cultural icons of success and status. Images were taken by my grandmother living in Massachusetts, USA. The text has been added by me, after choosing images that represent the nostalgia I had for the United States of America while growing-up in Canada. The first card "hero" begins the series, there will be 8 more created to complete. The cards can be traded like the baseball cards of American youth.
PROJECT2: Family photographs taken in the early 1970's are combined with text to recall childhood goals and cultural icons of success and status. Images were taken by my grandmother living in Massachusetts, USA. The text has been added by me, after choosing images that represent the nostalgia I had for the United States of America while growing-up in Canada. The first card "hero" begins the series, there will be 8 more created to complete. The cards can be traded like the baseball cards of American youth.
HOW TO LOCATE
"Hero" will be available at the FREE MANIFESTA HEADQUARTERS at Manifesta. "Hero" will also be given out by the artist on Sunday, June 16 in Frankfurt at public spaces designated as part of Manifesta.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Jessica Bushey was born in Maine, USA in 1970.
Jessica grew-up in the Western and Eastern Arctic of Canada. Photography and text is her chosen medium. Jessica studied printmaking, photography and languages at the University of British Columbia and Nova Scotia College of Art & Design in Canada.
She now lives and works in Vancouver, Canada and recently completed her first digital short film about flying in airplanes, titled "occupied".
June 1 - July 1, 2002 Solo Exhibition Sekanina Contemporary Gallery, Ferrara, Italy
Group and Solo Shows throughout Canada since 1995.
Please visit www.contemporaryart.com/jessicabushey for complete CV.
Jessica is represented by Sekanina Contemporary Gallery in Ferrara, Italy and Buschlen Mowatt Gallery in Vancouver, Canada.
Jessica would love to trade postcards or other small art objects that can be sent through the mail with other artists around the world!
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