Kirsten Stolle
Gallery Affiliations: Dolby Chadwick Gallery
Region: South
City / State: Asheville, NC
My work examines issues related to genetic engineering,
biotechnology, and commercial agribusiness. I use appropriation,
translation, distortion, and redaction to reframe corporate
messaging. Through drawing and collage, familiar biological
and scientific imagery is recontextualized within a twenty-firstcentury
framework.
With drawing as my primary medium, I use gouache, graphite,
ink, acrylic, and collage to create hybridized versions of seemingly
familiar yet peculiar scenarios. Recently, I have begun to broaden
my practice by exploring text-based embroidery, site-responsive
installations, and manipulated audio loops. Using reference
materials such as vintage medical books, twentieth-century
agricultural magazines, USDA promotional videos, and midcentury
chemical company print advertisements, I create elegant
environments within the context of disturbing genetic realities.