Jaime Bull
“Black velvet, serpent tail soft sculptures twist within a niche of glittering scale tiles. An oasis of palms, a bubbling fountain, and swirling disco light: descending the stairs of the Shedspace feels like popping into Jeannie’s bottle during one of her disco parties. This installation is inspired by my recent trip to Budapest, swimming through the Art Nouveau and Ottoman bathhouses, seeing the ornate tilework, water flowing through sculptures, and the act of soaking with all sorts of people in hot pools. I am also thinking about black snakes and both the thrill and the terror of having one slither across your path, live in your attic, or sleep in the shed. A combination of respect and fear, biblical and mythological, they’re fantastic to have around but not great to be surprised by.”
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Jaime Bull earned an MFA from the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia. She makes drawings, paintings, sculptures, and videos of sea creatures, beaches, and bodies with a feminist and often humorous perspective. Bull has been a studio artist at the Atlanta Contemporary and participated in residencies at the Aquarium Gallery in New Orleans and Hambidge in North Georgia. Her work has been shown at Day&Night Projects, Tiger Strikes Asteroid in Greenville, Zuckerman Museum of Art, Auburn University, and Whitespace Gallery, and she has a brand-new installation at the Atlanta Airport in Terminal E6.