Jeanette Mundt
Born1982 (age 4142)
OccupationArtist
Websitewww.jeanettemundt.com

Jeanette Mundt (born 1982) is an American painter, best known for her works in the 2019 Whitney Biennial.[1]

Early life

Mundt was born in Princeton, New Jersey, but grew up in Zurich, Switzerland.[2]

Personal life

Mundt currently resides in the Somerset section of Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey.[1]

Career

Style

Many of Mundt's recent work which captures the small movements within gymnastic sequences is stylistically reminiscent of Eadweard Muybridge, who was well known for his pieces consisting of photographic series of motion. She is known for taking photographic images and painting them in a fragmented distortion.[1] Mundt described this approach in detail in a 2012 interview with Amanda Palmer in BOMB that coincided with a solo show at Los Angeles's Michael Benevento Gallery. Mundt explained that "for the living room series of four paintings I worked with shifts in size and source. The first painting is 9 × 12 and painted from the photographic source, and the next is 16 × 20 and painted from the painting of the photographic source. The third is 9 × 12 again and painted from the preceding painting, and the last is 16 × 20, painted from the preceding painting."[3]

Themes

In her Whitney Biennial paintings, Mundt addresses the issues of corruption within the Olympic Committee, the sport of gymnastics, and the media depictions of the sport. The concepts of forced femininity, nationalism, and gender are incorporated into many of her pieces. She began her series of works revolving around the 2016 U.S. Women's Olympic gymnastics team before the scandal of the sexual abuse of many women under the care of Dr. Larry Nassar became known to the public; however, Mundt encourages viewers to contemplate the implications of the events upon reflecting on her paintings.[1]

In a 2015 interview in Interview, Mundt addressed the idea of the lone artist in society. "I’m not sure it’s possible to be a lone artist anymore what with the internet," she said. "And certainly not if you are ambitious."[4]

Work

Public exhibitions[5]

Solo Shows
Show Title Gallery Location Year Shown
Michael Benevento Los Angeles, California 2012
Lana Del Rey Société Berlin, Germany 2018
Group Shows
Show Title Gallery Location Year Shown
Coyote Gallery Steinsland Berliner[6] Stockholm, Sweden 2015
NEW ACQUISITIONS – Hildebrand Collection G2 Kunsthalle Leipzig, Germany 2017
SELBSTBILDNIS Société Berlin, Germany 2019
Whitney Biennial 2019 Whitney Museum of American Art New York City, New York 2019
The Rest Lisson Gallery New York City, New York 2019
Fair Booths
Show Title Location Year Shown
Société at Art Basel 2019 Basel, Switzerland 2019
Société Berlin at Frieze New York 2019 New York City, New York 2019

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Partial View: Whitney Biennial 2019". whitney.org. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  2. MacDonald, Christian (2 December 2015). "Jeanette Mundt". Interview Magazine. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  3. "BOMB GLOBAL: Jeanette Mundt does L.A. by Amanda Parmer - BOMB Magazine". bombmagazine.org. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  4. "Jeanette Mundt". Interview Magazine. 2015-12-02. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  5. "Jeanette Mundt - For Sale on Artsy". www.artsy.net. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  6. "Juxtapoz Magazine - Brian Willmont curates "The Coyote" @ Gallery Steinsland Berliner, Stockholm". www.juxtapoz.com. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
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