Laurence JENK (1965) - WRAPPING BONBON ROUGE BOUGEOIR

LAURENCE JENKELL, A FRENCH ARTIST RECOGNIZED ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE
Better known as Laurence Jenkell, in 2020 the artist changed her signature to a shorter name with a modern flair: JENK.
The goal?
To evolve her identity to better protect her creations.

FRENCH CONTEMPORARY SELF-TAUGHT ARTIST KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OF ARTS AND LETTERS
EXHIBITED AROUND THE WORLD

In a few words:
Laurence Jenkell was born on December 31, 1965. She lives and works in Valbonne, in the Alpes-Maritimes. Known and recognized for her sculptures in vibrant colors, she creates candy sculptures that are larger-than-life, in bright colors and varying sizes, made from materials such as bronze, plexiglass, aluminum, and marble.
More than a medium, the candy interpreted by Laurence Jenkell has become a language. Her works engage in a reflection and a cultural process: the subject of the Candy combining simplicity and universality.
The great freedom and no less great determination with which Laurence Jenkell conducts her research, develops her themes, and enriches her repertoire of forms, command admiration and reveal a genuine temperament of an artist. The Candy remains the hard core of her creative identity, but she skillfully explores all its possibilities.
In just about ten years, her Candies, but also their more or less direct offshoots, the iconic Wrappings, the ADNs, the Robots, the Butterflies… Have conquered the planet. Recently she has extrapolated her “wrapping” and the twisting gesture with other materials and forms.
Although the Candy remains her preferred subject, her latest packaging creations reflect environmental concerns such as the depletion of coffee-producing lands, the proliferation of non-biodegradable disposable products, and the poaching of endangered animals.
Laurence JENKELL’s work is present in more than 25 countries. She is represented by numerous galleries and is part of major private, public, and institutional collections.