The "Fish Market" painting series was inspired by the natural fluidity and diverse forms of the angler fish. The colors and shapes of aquatic life are as boundless as an artist's imagination. Angler fish in particular have character that otherwise can only be found in human faces, hence the inspiration of the anthropomorphic designs. In the "Fish Market" series Hannah Fierman expresses themes such as "beauty in the grotesque," a sense of dark humor/horror as well as whimsically mocking the organic disgustingness (repulsiveness would be better) that unites everyone in the human predicament. The matting of each fish painting is part of the piece itself. Many of the mats and backdrops are newspapers collected by the artist during her travels. You will find newspaper matting from Kuwait city, Tokyo, Luanda Angola, the United States, Frankfurt, Tbilisi Georgia, Rota Spain and Catania Sicily to name a few.
This work is mix-media collection of oil as well as acrylic paint, pencil and charcoal on dried processed hard-wood, as well as processed paper board and canvas.
The "Menagerie: Spontaneous Generation of Art" series was inspired at the Boston Aquarium when the then 7 year old artist first encountered a fish with a glow-in-the-dark face; the Angler fish. It was later re-conceived in school while struggling to pay attention to a man that looked exactly like a sea-lion. Angler fish have character that otherwise can only be found in human faces, hence the inspiration of the anthropomorphic designs. In the "Spontaneous Generation" series Hannah Fierman expresses themes such as beauty in the grotesque, a sense of dark humor/horror as well as whimsically mocking the organic repulsiveness that unites everyone in the human predicament. The matting of each painting is part of the piece itself. Many of the mats and backdrops are news-papers collected by the artist during her travels. At dock cities Hannah noticed a global similarity of wrapping fish in news-paper and thought it significant.
This work is mix-media collection of oil as well as acrylic paint, pencil and charcoal on dried processed hard-wood, as well as processed paper board and canvas.
The “Iconoclasm” series takes reflections of Iconic images and gives them a hidden modern spin. It was inspired by Hannah’s love of classic iconic art and her kinship with people who truly take a moment to notice subtle detail in art and do not take art for granted. In this series Ms. Fierman makes fun of mundane repetition and plays with the viewer in sublet detail both politically and fancifully but never seriously (because that’s boring). This work, like that of “The Fish Market” is a mix-media collection of oil as well as acrylic paint, pencil and charcoal on dried processed hard-wood, as well as processed paper board and canvas.
This work is mix-media collection of oil as well as acrylic paint, pencil and charcoal on dried processed hard-wood, as well as processed paper board and canvas.
Artist’s Bio: Since "Menagerie: Spontaneous Generation", Hannah Fierman went on to not win the Pulitzer Prize for her human discoveries expressed though art & science in 1969 nor does she know what the Pulitzer is for exactly. She did not get her PHD from London School of Economics and never married famous British chef & novelist, Sir. Rev. Alistair Fumbleton Esq. Now, Hannah has not retired to the island of Malta where she doesn’t design & collect mini aircrafts.
Below is a list of the solo-shows and galleries Ms. Fierman’s artwork has been exhibited: