JENNIFER VAN RATINGEN
“COLLECTION”
ARTBOX FISHER LIBRARY (2022)
Jennifer Van Ratingen, Collection, 2021, 81 x 60cm. Photography by Rachel Lai.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Within our daily lives we accumulate hundreds of trivial, seemingly meaningless items; receipts, shopping lists, post-its, etc. These forgettable items often become more and more removed from our sphere of daily thought, despite their ability to reflect our most deeply intimate, personal and vulnerable relationships. I wanted to explore this tension through my series of paintings rendering bits of paper more monumental in both scale and painterly consideration. By expressing the collected notes from my loved ones within the history of still life painting, I aim to simultaneously invite the viewer into these intimate relationships while emphasising the physical material qualities of the detritus collected in daily life.
Jennifer Van Ratingen, Collection, 2021, 81 x 60cm. Photography by Rachel Lai.
Jennifer is an emerging Sydney-based artist. Her paintings and ceramic works have been shown in exhibitions on the campus of The University of Sydney, including SCASS’s 2022 ‘All About Love’ at BACKSPACE and the 2021 and 2022 USU Creative Awards at Verge Gallery.
Jennifer Van Ratingen, Collection, 2021, 81 x 60cm. Photography by Rachel Lai.
Verge Projects is a platform that aims to strengthen the University of Sydney community and networks through on-campus art activations. Verge Projects delivers community engaged projects led by and in collaboration with student and student groups. Stepping outside of art faculties and spaces, this program encourages inclusive and creative experiences campus wide.