Mary Temple
emple's cross-discipline conceptual artworks blur boundaries between painting, sculpture and drawing. In 2007 she began a 5-year daily drawing project in which she chose a world leader from web-based news coverage. She then drew the leader's portrait, rating their news-worthy action that day, as to its impact on world peace. The drawings you see on the left are part of a portfolio of the portraits. In this case, the subject was Hillary Clinton, the drawings made during her time as Secretary of State for the Obama administration. The portraits are printed in the colors Clinton chose for her pantsuit wardrobe. These vibrant colors were much discussed in the press, as was the cut of the suit, as well as Clinton's hair length and style, her makeup and of course, her weight and level of fitness. While the portfolio calls attention to the unbalanced scrutiny a politician who happens to be a woman garners, it also serves as a reminder of the many difficult situations Clinton handled each day of the four-year term.
1. Madam Secretary, 1.21.09, detail
2016, Archival Inkjet print on paper,
Part of 16-print portfolio of Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State
Each page 13" x 16.5"
2. Madam Secretary, 5.27.09, detail
2016, Archival Inkjet print on paper,
Part of 16-print portfolio of Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State
Each page 13" x 16.5"
3. Madam Secretary, 1.17.10, detail
2016, Archival Inkjet print on paper,
Part of 16-print portfolio of Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State
Each page 13" x 16.5"
4. Madam Secretary, 7.05.10, detail
2016, Archival Inkjet print on paper,
Part of 16-print portfolio of Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State
Each page 13" x 16.5"
5. Madam Secretary, 10.18.11, detail
2016, Archival Ink print on paper,
Part of 16-print portfolio of Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State
Each page 13" x 16.5"
6. Madam Secretary, 5.03.12, detail
2016, Archival Ink print on paper,
Part of 16-print portfolio of Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State
Each page 13" x 16.5"
7. Madam Secretary, 7.03.12, detail
2016, Archival Ink print on paper,
Part of 16-print portfolio of Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State
Each page 13" x 16.5"
8. Madam Secretary, 10.24.12, detail
2016, Archival Ink print on paper,
Part of 16-print portfolio of Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State
Each page 13" x 16.5"
9. Madam Secretary, 16 print portfolio,
Archival inkjet on paper, 2016
each page 13" x 16.5" total dimensions 212" x 16.5"
Left half of 16 page—8 pages
10. Madam Secretary, 16 print portfolio,
Archival inkjet on paper, 2016
each page 13" x 16.5" total dimensions 212" x 16.5"
Right half of 16 page—8 pages
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| ARTIST BIO |
| Born in Arizona, Mary Temple has lived and worked in Brooklyn, New York for the past 20 years. She moved to the borough after completing her MFA in painting and drawing at Arizona State University. She then went on to study at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 1999.
Mary Temple has exhibited her work throughout the US and abroad. The artist has completed commissioned projects at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SF, CA; SculptureCenter, LIC, Queens, NY; Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA; The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT; Rice Gallery, Houston, TX; Western Bridge, Seattle, WA; The Drawing Center, NY; UCSF Mission Bay Medical Center; The Bunkamura Museum, Tokyo, Japan; NYU Abu Dhabi, among many other venues. Her work has been reviewed in publications including, The New York Times, Artforum, ArtNews and Art in America. This year the artist will complete major public projects for the City of New York's Percent for Arts program, at the historic landmark site, McCarren Pool in Williamsburg, Brooklyn as well as at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital's new wing, The Building for a Better Future.
You can view more work from this series and others at Temple's website: marytemple.com.
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