Jill Baroff

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Born 1954, Summit, New Jersey; lives in Newburgh, New York

Hurricane Xaver (Baltic Sea), 2014; Hurricane Xaver (North Sea), 2014; Hurricane Wilma (New York Harbor), 2012; Hurricane Wilma (Palm Beach), 2012; pigmented ink on Japanese gampi mounted on cotton rag; 45 5/8 x 45 5/8 inches/116 x 116 cms each

Working with data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s measurements of tide heights that are recorded every six minutes, the Jill Baroff shows us what a hurricane looks like. The space between concentric circles is determined by the height of the tide. Here we see the difference between the same hurricane, at different locations.

Precision, systematic ordering, and delicacy describe Baroff’s works, on paper and in three dimensions. These permanent collections, among others, hold her work: the Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland; Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge Massachusetts; Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany; the Menil Collection, Houston, Texas; Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC; The Pace Collection, San Antonio, Texas; and Yale University Art Museum, New Haven, Connecticut.

Images courtesy of the artist.