signed and dated verso-oil on paper 91.5×67 cm
Provenance and literature
Provenance: Gallery Fredericks & Freiser, New York
Exhibition: New York, Fredericks & Freiser, Jocelyn Hobbie, New Paintings, Oct-Dec 2018
About the artist
Jocelyn Hobbie’s paintings are both dream-like and hyperreal, sophisticated and playful. Her craft is found within these opposing truths, and within an articulation of women presented in a precarious balance; one between contentedness, and dissatisfaction. The energy which resonates from her work is sourced from a superabundance of vivid colors and patterning. This sensation is directly contrasted with the women’s expressions which are subtle and enigmatic. Within her work there is a conversation to be had; one about femininity, mortality, eroticism and a persistent disaffection with contemporary life.