ANNABELLE SCHAFER
TROUBLE, TROUBLE, TROUBLE, 68" X 60", acrylic on canvas. 2018.
BEYOND THE BRAMBLE, 68" X 60", acrylic, resin, on canvas. 2018.
LOVE TRUMPS HATE, 48" X 36", acrylic on canvas. 2018.
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iDEATH, 36" X 26", oil on canvas. 2017.
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IN WATERMELON SUGAR, 36" X 26", oil on canvas. 2017.
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Annabelle Schafer is a visual artist from Indiana. She is currently working on her thesis, which will complete her B.F.A. in Painting, as well as her B.A. in Art History from Indiana University. In Summer 2016 she attended the Mount Gretna School of Art intensive summer program in Pennsylvania. She was a nominee for the Yale Norfolk School of Music and Art, Summer program of 2018. Her work has been featured in several galleries, and will be featured in Hiedra Magazine during Fall 2018.
Statement:
My practice constantly fluctuates as I cultivate my craft. My work has evolved from emphasizing objective, literal acts of perception to incorporating narratives. For the past year I have been looking at the way a plot in fiction navigates a storyline and how I could express a similar progression of time and movement within my diverse practice. The imagery in my work floats between reality and dream worlds. My subjects embody a sense of space and time, purposefully living in liminal space to challenge the binaries of our world. As I develop this language of image-making, my content has evolved into making personal narratives through my experiences as a female artist.
My color sensibility challenges the perceptual program that is Indiana University, yet my work remains rigorously formal. The materials I choose are intentional and reflect my thought processes. I use traditional and non-traditional materials such as satin, rip-stop nylon, paper, resin, acrylic and markers to navigate how a painting or image can convey the physical and illusionary tension of components colliding. All art is inherently political and speaks in the direction of something. Artists hold a responsibility to know what kind of impression they are putting on the world through their art. Materials such as fabrics belonging to strong women in my life are sewn into the new works, reflecting the sentiment of womanhood and ancestry, questioning the rigidity of the line between high art and craft.
Her online portfolio and contact information can be found by clicking here.
Statement:
My practice constantly fluctuates as I cultivate my craft. My work has evolved from emphasizing objective, literal acts of perception to incorporating narratives. For the past year I have been looking at the way a plot in fiction navigates a storyline and how I could express a similar progression of time and movement within my diverse practice. The imagery in my work floats between reality and dream worlds. My subjects embody a sense of space and time, purposefully living in liminal space to challenge the binaries of our world. As I develop this language of image-making, my content has evolved into making personal narratives through my experiences as a female artist.
My color sensibility challenges the perceptual program that is Indiana University, yet my work remains rigorously formal. The materials I choose are intentional and reflect my thought processes. I use traditional and non-traditional materials such as satin, rip-stop nylon, paper, resin, acrylic and markers to navigate how a painting or image can convey the physical and illusionary tension of components colliding. All art is inherently political and speaks in the direction of something. Artists hold a responsibility to know what kind of impression they are putting on the world through their art. Materials such as fabrics belonging to strong women in my life are sewn into the new works, reflecting the sentiment of womanhood and ancestry, questioning the rigidity of the line between high art and craft.
Her online portfolio and contact information can be found by clicking here.
