Jill Peters

Jill Peters

1997
Artist
Keith Edmier, American, 1967-
Born: Chicago, IL
Work Locations: New York
Country
United States
Object
sculpture
Medium
Polyvinyl, wax, cotton, rayon, polyester, leather, silicon and human hair
Accession Number
2011.362A-K
Credit Line
Gift from Vicki and Kent Logan to the Collection of the Denver Art Museum
Keith Edmier (American). Jill Peters. 1997. Polyvinyl, wax, cotton, rayon, polyester, leather, silicon and human hair. Gift from Vicki and Kent Logan to the Collection of the Denver Art Museum. 2011.362A-K.
Dimensions
height: 65 in, 165.1000 cm; width: 39.5 in, 100.3300 cm; depth: 46 in, 116.8400 cm; height: 11 in, 27.9400 cm; width: 46 in, 116.8400 cm; depth: 39 in, 99.0600 cm; height: 12 in, 30.4800 cm; width: 43.5 in, 110.4900 cm; depth: 50 in, 127.0000 cm
Department
Modern and Contemporary Art
Collection
Modern and Contemporary Art

Childhood memories and the emotions associated with them are primary influences on Keith Edmier’s work. Often labeled as a “sentimental realist,” Edmier mines his boyhood recollections for material and then elevates his mundane experiences to heroic proportions. “Jill Peters” is an homage to the artist’s adolescent girlfriend. The figure's pre-pubescent body and white dress conjure common memories of innocent crushes and virginal purity. Immortalized in wax, clothing, and a full head of blond human hair, "Jill Peters" functions not so much a portrait of a particular person as a universalized icon that recalls adolescent angst, something nearly all viewers have experienced and to which they may relate.

Born in Chicago in 1967, Keith Edmier attended the California Institute of the Arts, Valencia.

Exhibition History
  • "RADAR: Selections from the Collection of Vicki and Kent Logan"—Denver Art Museum [10/07/2006 - 07/15/2007]
  • "Material World"—Denver Art Museum [05/19/2013 - 01/04/2015]