Jean
Wells
Jean Wells creates large-scale
mosaic sculptures. Often the subjects of
these mosaics are colorful food items, such as candy, ice cream, and hot
dogs. To create these sculptures, Wells
has colored glass custom made for her, and then she hand cuts each piece. The tiny scrap fragments of glass are then
used to fill in details. The frameworks
she uses to support the glass are found objects, or Wells carves armatures out
of foam. Jean Wells is often connected
with Pop Art, for her six-foot-tall ice cream cones and sports cars made of
glass mosaic. Urban Fruit Tree is a particularly large sculpture in the shape of
a tree which is adorned with mosaic sculptures similar to her larger iconic
works.
Jean Wells’s art at first glance is
beautiful to look at, but I like that she has a deeper meaning behind the
sculptures of food. She is interested in
junk food and candy as a statement about body image, and this is reflected in
her Beach Babes sculpture as well, which
features larger women who are confident about their bodies wearing bathing
suits. I also like the fragmented
figures that Wells has created, such as Mixed
Messages, which have other objects mixed in with the glass medium.
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