Jodie Carey Research..

Jodie Carey was born in 1981 in London where she currently lives.

Having looked at various pieces of her work such as Untitled (Bruises) and Untitled (Flowers) the pieces reflect the use of found and common objects. Such as the bruises pieces are on a mount of white wallpaper, which has cigarette ash and coffee stains on them in order to construct the piece.

Her artwork focuses on the aesthetic of construction and collage in terms of piecing together various materials. Her work vastly differs in content such as flowers, to room pieces, to artwork and meaning but you can see the same artistic style is presented in the use of paper, wallpaper, wire, coffee etc. used together to create a sculpted piece or an artwork.

It was stated that her work and its “aesthetic function only to serve as an eloquent framework for unsettling and determined dialogues.” – SeventeenGallery.com

I view this as a way of commenting on how her artistic ability the way in which she composes and places the cigarette stains and the coffee serve as a boundary into a broader and deeper message and when looking at her pieces, it made me think about our society and how it is corrupted, commenting on the access of cigarette buds on the floor, destroying the environment and the coffee possessing the idea of a work driven society.

I find her work intriguing due to the natural and everyday substances she uses to convey a meaning about the society we live in. This sense of ambiguity.