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Young artist revels in realism
Tcnya Jacobl Uzlxz Artbt
The cultural! of the art world have
Ion,:; appreciated the charming fea
tures ofnalve and "primitive" art. The
newest star of the genre i3 Lincoln's
own Tanya J&eobi.
At the age of 7, Jacobi shows the
anachronistic symbolism of harsh
Shaffer
realities of living in the modern world,
presented in a format that b both
reductive and supplantive.
"I Ehow the harsh reality of living in
the modern world, presented in for
mat that b both reductive and sup
plantive," she said.
Often compared in the same breath
with Grandma Moses and Ernie
Bushmiller, Jacobi's crayon End Bic
pen sketches have an earnestness and
criminality unsurpassed in the realm of
"naive" artists.
To the untrained eye, "naive art
often looks as if it were simply a child's
scribbling or a retired grandmother's
attempts to keep busy.
The art is actually well-thought out
and endearing; calculated to cut
through the crap and get to the meat
of the matter.
In Jacobi's Two People By a House,"
all insignificant formal elements are
eliminated. The horizon 13 a single line,
the house rest3 naturally upon it. The
scale of the figures to the house sug
gest a depth not unlike the chiaros
curo and atmospheric perspective
that dates to the Renaissance. In
Jacobi's succinct terminology, Trent
is big, back b little."
Since it's a risky (and perhaps a bit
ridiculous) to guess which direction
such a young artist's career can take,
one can only hope that Tanya's work
will never lose the refreshing sponta
neity it now holds.
Only time will tell if her work will
continue toward abstraction in the
manner of Monet and countless others
or perhaps delve to banal super
realism. As it stands, however, her work
remains a testament to an age forgot
ten, a time when Big Wheels and Bar
bie dolls are the pressing issues.
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