Peregrine Honig

American painter

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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, Work of Art: The Next Great Artist, 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 Work of Art: The Next Great Artist.^[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]

References

^ "The Pews Went, but the Spirit Stayed in a Kansas City Church - The New York Times". The New York Times. May 8, 2018. Archived from the original on May 8, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
^ "About Peregrine Honig". Peregrine Honig. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
^ Zell, Valarie (January 23, 2004). "2 views of beauty". Kansas City Star. Archived from the original on December 1, 2004. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
^ Miller, Mike (February 2010). "Peregrine Honig's Widow a First for Art Publisher Landfall Press". Archived from the original on September 14, 2011. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
^ Jacobs, Emily (November 16, 2023). "Peregrine Honig's art show Player is her most personal artistic endeavor yet". The Pitch. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
^ Steinmetz, Channa (January 21, 2021). "Body of artwork: Birdies' Peregrine Honig sketches business artistry from Crossroads lingerie shop". Startland News. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
^ "The Pews Went, but the Spirit Stayed in a Kansas City Church - The New York Times". The New York Times. May 8, 2018. Archived from the original on May 8, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
^ "Peregrine Honig, courtesy Foley Gallery - Father Gander". flickr.com. September 9, 2008. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
^ Rinchen Lhamo, "Peregrine Honig: Fashism," THE Magazine, June 5, 2008. http://www.santafe.com/articles/peregrine-honig-fashism/ Archived May 17, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
^ "exposed by peregrine honig". fancyseeingyouhere.com. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
^ "Peregrine Honig: Loser at Dwight Hackett Projects". Art ReserveArt Reserve. October 12, 2010.
^ Dixson, Melissa. "Taxidermist: Peregrine Honig's Twin Fawns". Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
^ Krysa, Danielle (2014). Creative block : discover new ideas, advice and projects from 50 successful artists. San Francisco. pp. 156–159. ISBN 978-1-4521-1888-8. OCLC 862222110.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Abbe, Mary (August 21, 2010). "Art meets reality: The television debut of Minnesota artist Miles Mendenhall sparked local debate". Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN). Retrieved May 3, 2022.
^ Barb Shelly, Kansas City.com
^ Molla, Rani (October 13, 2010). "As Not Seen on TV". Santa Fe Reporter.