PENNY ALEXANDER
Typewriter Artist
About
My style
I am a very deliberate artist. I enjoy order and clarity.
I have adopted a scientific approach in style and content, coupled with carefully considered imagery.
Outdated literature and obsolete methods are something I incline towards. I'm fascinated with language, history and social science. For this reason I frequently find myself taking inspiration from very old books and found text in medical papers.
My work highlights these interests.
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Given my enthusiasm of the obsolete I generally work on a typewriter, frequently making 2d works as well as conceptual artist books.
My style is scientific, graphic, neat and research/fact based.
I work to briefs, commissioned or self-imposed. My work is adaptable and flexible depending on context and content.
My practice and inspirations
As a conceptual artist working in themes relating to time and personal experience, some recent inspirations include:
Journeys
Health and well-being and
Perspectives of personal experience.
Recent catalysts for concepts include:
Motherhood
Conception and Pregnancy
Alterations in mental health
Age and the ageing process
Self acceptance and themes relating to celebrating...
Positive body image.
I am very interested in personal perception, and using optical illusions and language play to form narratives. I like to make playful yet profound pieces of work to make light of aspects of the human condition.
Typewriter drawn example of page from "Conception" Artist Book. 2017
Series of typewritten fingerprints. Grandmother, mother and daughter in celebration of female reproduction. 2017
Typewriter Map made from transcribed memories with a care home resident. 2017
Taken from "Mind Maps" Artist Book. Typewritten maps. 2016
Page 3 of "How to make a baby" Artists Book. Typewriter. 2017
White ink typewriter prints. Work created for Scaffold Gallery in response to question: "What are cosmic Rays" for "The Great Unanswered" vol iii project. 2016
Artist book in recipe format. Typewriter. 2017
Artist book. 2017
Artist book. Page 2. Ingredients. Typewriter. 2017
White ink typewriter print. Work created for Scaffold Gallery in response to question: "What are cosmic Rays" for "The Great Unanswered" vol iii project. 2016
Taken from "Mind Maps" Artist Book. Typewritten maps. 2016
Deliberate manipulation of moire effect on typewriter. minus ink. 2016
Typewriter drawn example of page from "Conception" Artist Book. 2017
Book cover. "Mind Maps". Typewriter drawn book. 2016
White ink typewriter print. Work created for Scaffold Gallery in response to question: "What are cosmic Rays" for "The Great Unanswered" vol iii project. 2016