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Jerri Zbiral

Jerri Zbiral

Two Horses, Ireland (2021/2026)
mixed media (archival inkjet print/straw)
9.75 x 11.75 in.
$350

ARTIST STATEMENT

I have been taking photographs for most of my life.  They were always straight, documentary images.  I was looking for, to quote Henri Cartier-Bresson, the decisive moment.  I was looking at light and shadow, a person’s expression or gesture, structure and design.
About 20 years ago I veered from that genre and started doing what I call “photographically based mixed media:” starting with a photograph, and creating a whole new environment around that singular image to make the final statement.
But very recently I started revisiting some of those old photos and decided to place elements that I thought worked with the image: be it, sparkles, words, stones, fabric or other artifacts, or, in this case, dried grasses.  Two Horses was created while exploring the magical Irish countryside.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Over the last 40 some years the visual arts have played an integral part of Jerri Zbiral’s life. She has made, taught, written about, sold and appraised the value of both film and photography. She has an extensive exhibition record of her own work, has curated many shows and exhibits and has published and written about photography extensively. Along with her husband, Alan Teller, she is a partner in The Collected Image, conducting appraisals for both private and public collectors and providing contemporary and vintage photographs to major collectors and institutions.

Jerri has produced and directed 2 award-winning films: In the Shadow of Memory and Never Turning Back, the World of Peggy Lipschutz, and has worked on other films and multi-media presentations as well. Along with Alan, she has recently completed a Fulbright trip to India on an extensive project involving anonymous photographs from 1945 called Following the Box.

© Jerri Zbiral