06/02/2026
Janet Werner ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐บ, 2026
begins a new painting by collaging two or more images culled from her vast collection of fashion magazines accumulated in her studio over the past 25 years. The juxtapositions create breaks in the image where the joined elements align or misalign; sometimes there is a vertical split, or a horizontal one, while others are altered with folds or tears.
Although her subjects circulate within popular media, these women are not necessarily famous, nor are the paintings intended to replicate a likeness. She allows herself to deviate dramatically from her references, resulting in layered records of hesitation and revision. Werner pulls figures in and out of legibility through a process of renegotiation, interruption, and accumulation. Passages of her initial drawing and underpainting, various stages of full rendering or unpainted edges remain in the final composition, leaving some air and space to breathe.
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On view through June 13
๐ 372 Broadway, New York
Artwork details:
Peggy, 2026
Oil on canvas
60 x 48 inches / 152.4 x 121.9 cm