JENNIFER GREENBURG
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Constructed Portraits
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Constructed Portraits are made by sculpting new forms of female-presenting bodies in order to examine the optics of beauty in representation. Layering photographic material, the labor of my own hand, and technology– including the use of AI modeling, I bring the work from an array of sources to a pigment print.

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Revising History
Image of many women who are excited

​Revising History is made by replacing the entire central figure in vernacular photographs with images of myself. I intend the work to engage the audience in a conversation about how historical depictions of women, rife with aesthetically pleasing glamour, are used to help us idealize the American past. Using performative techniques and stagecraft, I transform into a protagonist– navigating her societal expectations sardonically– in order to draw a sharp parallel with the culture of discrimination women still experience today.


The Rockabillies
Image of two attractive people looking at one another

The Rockabillies, published in 2008 by the Center for American Places, is work that examines a unique subculture of participants who have co-opted the looks of mid-twentieth century Americans. 

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  • Constructed Portraits
  • Revising History
  • The Rockabillies
  • Substitute World
  • Bio & CV
  • Colored Stories
  • Other Works
  • Links & Gallery Representation