Artist Post #4: Spring Semester
February 20, 2011
Jill Greenberg
Quotes:
"The concept is that the children are crying as if its the end of the world-they are being overly dramatic, as they tend to be. But if they really knew how bad we adults are allowing things to get, and how bad it will be when they are older in terms of the environment they would really be crying."
"I loved the raw and intense emotion of the children, I have always been intrigued by pictures of children crying."
Source for both: http://www.bakmagazine.com/interviews/13/jill-greenberg
Bio: Jill Greenberg calls herself "the manipulator." This nickname was inspired by a German pop culture magazine in the 80s, but refers to the fact that she stages her art be it photography, painting, or filim. Greenberg went to art school her entire life and has been active in the darkroom since the fifth grade. She eventually graduated from RISD with a BFA in photography and then moved to New York City.
Relation: The series that I relate most to of Greenberg's is called "End Times." This is a series of stunning portraits of children screaming and crying. In her artist statement, she talks about how toddlers cry and act like everything is the end of the world and how she really enjoys that aspect of things. I think her work is so interesting and it relates to my work in the fact that it deals with children's emotions and how they act.
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