Overview
Jenny Keane is an Irish visual artist based in Cardiff, South Wales. Keane’s practice is focused on the word ‘horrific’. Examining spatio-temporal installations and performative practices, Keane’s practice and research deals with the negative representation of the ‘monstrous’ female body, through the examination of narratives including horror films, myths, legends, and ghost stories.
Using pauses (drawings) or loops (videos) that challenge the constructions of linear narrative, Keane investigates the dichotomy between fear and desire, its relationship to language and connection to the female body. The work attempts to redefine the concept of the monstrous-feminine, avoiding the trap of the binary, so that the passive and destructive representation of the female body in horror can become an active and positive representation of female sexuality.