Peregrine Honig Explained
Peregrine Honig is an American artist. Honig's work is concerned with the relationship between pop culture, sexual vulnerability, social anxieties, the ethics of luxury, and trends in consumerism.[1]
Early life and education
Honig was born in San Francisco, California.[2] She attended the Kansas City Art Institute.[3] At age 22, Honig was the youngest living artist to have work acquired by the Whitney Museum of Art's permanent collection.
Career
In 1997, Honig started Fahrenheit Gallery, an artist-run space in Kansas City's industrial West Bottoms, where she showed artists with national and international reputations and inspired other young Kansas City artists to do the same.[4]
Honig appeared on season one of Bravo's artist reality television show, , which aired from June 9–August 11, 2010, finishing in second place.[5]
Honig owns a lingerie and swimwear boutique, Birdies,[6] which opened in 2003, and is located in the Crossroads Section of Kansas City, Missouri.
Works
Early sexual awakenings, the visual manifestation of disease, and the social anxieties of realized and fictional characters reveal themselves through Peregrine Honig's drawings and paintings.[7]
- Ovubet (26 Girls with Sweet Centers, 1999)
- Pin Up Girls (2001–02)
- Mint Forest (2003–04): Inspired by Precious Doe murder case.
- Albocracy (2005)
- Father Gander (2005): Honig's collection of six lithographs in her series[8]
- Mary Kate and Ashley (2007): A look at Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen twin toddlers of Full House.
- V.I.P. (2008)[9]
- Exposed (2009)[10]
- Pukers (2010)
- Anchor Babies (2010)
- Beautiful Boys (2010)[11]
Projects
- Twin Fawns (2000–current): based on taxidermied unborn twin baby fawns in a uterine glass case. The Twin Fawns exhibit exaggerated features and cartoon-like appearance. The fawns are depicted as sleeping peacefully in an artificial glass womb-like case constructed by the artist.[12]
- Bravo's Work of Art: The Next Great Artist (2010): Honig appeared on .[13] She advanced to the final round, where she took second place after winner Abdi Farah and second runner-up, Miles Mendenhall.[14] On the show she wore fashion by Kansas City designers Ari Fish, a contestant on Project Runway, and fashion designer, Peggy Noland. "Art is too often exclusive and inaccessible," says Barb Shelly of KansasCity.com. "Honig and her Bravo competitors are making it interesting and understandable."[15] Two months after her defeat, Honig comes to Santa Fe with Loser, a collection of work both from and in response to her reality-show experience.[16]
Notes and References
- Web site: 2018-05-08 . The Pews Went, but the Spirit Stayed in a Kansas City Church - The New York Times . . 2024-01-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180508114608/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/style/greenwood-social-hall-peregrine-honig-kansas-city.html . May 8, 2018 .
- Web site: About Peregrine Honig . 2024-01-29 . Peregrine Honig . en.
- News: Zell . Valarie . January 23, 2004 . 2 views of beauty . Kansas City Star . dead . October 4, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041201105314/http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/entertainment/7771686.htm . December 1, 2004.
- Web site: Mike. Miller. Peregrine Honig's Widow a First for Art Publisher Landfall Press. February 2010. 2011-01-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20110914235213/http://arttattler.com/commentarywidow.html. 2011-09-14. dead.
- Web site: Jacobs . Emily . 2023-11-16 . Peregrine Honig's art show Player is her most personal artistic endeavor yet . 2024-01-29 . The Pitch . en-US.
- Web site: Steinmetz . Channa . 2021-01-21 . Body of artwork: Birdies' Peregrine Honig sketches business artistry from Crossroads lingerie shop . 2022-05-04 . Startland News . en-US.
- Web site: 2018-05-08 . The Pews Went, but the Spirit Stayed in a Kansas City Church - The New York Times . . 2024-01-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180508114608/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/style/greenwood-social-hall-peregrine-honig-kansas-city.html . May 8, 2018 .
- Web site: Peregrine Honig, courtesy Foley Gallery - Father Gander. 9 September 2008 . flickr.com. October 4, 2013.
- Rinchen Lhamo, "Peregrine Honig: Fashism," THE Magazine, June 5, 2008. http://www.santafe.com/articles/peregrine-honig-fashism/
- Web site: exposed by peregrine honig. fancyseeingyouhere.com. October 4, 2013.
- Web site: October 12, 2010. Peregrine Honig: Loser at Dwight Hackett Projects. Art ReserveArt Reserve.
- Web site: Melissa. Dixson. Taxidermist: Peregrine Honig's Twin Fawns. 2011-01-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20110717123655/http://melissadixson.typepad.com/melissa_dixson_taxidermis/2010/09/peregrine-honigs-twin-fawns.html. 2011-07-17. dead.
- Book: Krysa, Danielle . Creative block : discover new ideas, advice and projects from 50 successful artists . 2014 . 978-1-4521-1888-8 . San Francisco . 156–159 . 862222110.
- News: Abbe . Mary . 2010-08-21 . Art meets reality: The television debut of Minnesota artist Miles Mendenhall sparked local debate . Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) . 2022-05-03.
- Barb Shelly, Kansas City.com
- Web site: Rani. Molla. As Not Seen on TV. Santa Fe Reporter. October 13, 2010.