About Jennie Ball:After retiring from her career as a designer and relocating here to Barcelona from London she now spends her time drawing, painting, playing and making things. Her work has been described as ‘two parts European modernism and one part c-word’, and works imagery inspired by popular culture and contemporary iconography to counter against cheeky humour and satiric word-play. She has been featured illustrator in Bcn Mes, and has had numerous commissions since then, her work will be appearing on the front cover this month on 16.06.11. She has also collaborated in a collective project of erotic short stories and illustrations entitled ‘Proposiciones Indecentes’ published by Adicciones Porquesi, which was published in April, and available to buy in selected bookshops in Madrid and Barcelona, and which can be viewed online. Other commissions include commercial logo design and poster ad designs. She is currently holding her second solo exhibition
from where these photos were taken.
About The Work
If cheeky pin-up chicks with attitude are what you are into, or visual humour, don’t miss You Can’t Pin Down A Pin-up II, brainchild of former fashion designer Jennie Ball, who lives and works as an illustrator in Barcelona. The artist incorporates humour, irony and a dash of popular culture into her pieces to raise questions about gender stereotypes and women’s roles in society today. Taking Pop-Art and comic book style as a point of departure, she creates images that give a cheeky wink to a past era of glamour and sexiness that are not only nice on the eye, but that also give a gentle nudge to our preconceptions about female identity. Add into the mix a shake of graffiti, painting and hand sketching and the unlikely ensemble is complete. Currently exhibiting at La Sastreria, C/Bonavista 25.
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