Jessica Ballantyne

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All Legs an Ass
US$1,746

Hand Stand
US$1,048

I Strap the Other Four Down
US$1,746
SOLD

Hanging arms
US$1,746
SOLD

Seated Nude
US$1,746
SOLD

Up Skirt
US$2,270

Of the Rocks
US$2,794

Puppet Chick
US$3,143
SOLD

Boob Head
US$1,048

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Jessica Ballantyne

About Jessica

Jessica Ballantyne

Jessica is an Artist with SouthAfricanArtists.com based in South Africa.

For my final year at university (which this body of work represents) I concentrated fully on the female figure. Using photography and photoshop as an aid, I manipulated images of my body and super imposed stereotypical signs of femininity, in most cases lace, over the body or parts of the body. I'm interested in the objectified female form,which informs most of my works on display. In my work it is usually what is unseen that provokes the viewer. I wish to communicate as a woman the damaging effect of many male and female portrayals of women as "Woman", as an object as a sexual thing. At the same time I'm relating my experience of being a woman and being looked at to the viewer by making my bodies larger than life and somewhat threatening...

Price Range

US$1,048-3,143

Exhibitions

student exhibitions at the university in 2006,2007 and 2008
Magpie art gallery in Centurion. titled Zeitgeist 2009

Education

Ba Fine Arts at University of Pretoria

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