Wintered Fields
Wintered Fields
Artist
Jason Bard Yarmosky
(born 1987)
Date2015
MediumOil on canvas, triptych
Dimensionsoverall: 72 1/4 in. × 144 in. × 2 in. (183.5 × 365.8 × 5.1 cm)
individual panels: 72 1/4 in. × 48 in. × 2 in. (183.5 × 121.9 × 5.1 cm)
individual panels: 72 1/4 in. × 48 in. × 2 in. (183.5 × 121.9 × 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2019.21
Accession number
2019.21
On View
Not on viewLabel TextStanding slightly hunched and peering directly out toward the viewer, the artist’s grandmother emerges from a dreamlike winter scene. Jason Bard Yarmosky writes, “My grandmother was a wonder woman to me. Her heroic battle with Alzheimer’s disease left her vulnerable. In my work…I wanted to contrast her age and predicament with this symbolic costume to show both the heroism and vulnerability of the human condition.”
Equating his grandmother’s everyday bravery with that of a superhero, Yarmosky prompts viewers to reflect on what qualities make someone truly heroic.
La abuela del artista, ligeramente encorvada y observando directamente al espectador, emerge de una escena invernal onírica. Jason Bard Yarmosky escribe: “Mi abuela era una mujer maravilla para mí. Su lucha heroica con el Alzheimer la dejó vulnerable. En mi obra… buscaba contrastar este traje simbólico con su edad y su lucha para mostrar tanto el heroísmo como la vulnerabilidad de la condición humana”.
Poniendo en pie de igualdad la valentía cotidiana de su abuela con la de una superheroína, Yarmosky invita a los espectadores a reflexionar sobre las cualidades que hacen de una persona un verdadero héroe o heroína.
