Phyllis Rosser
dal 21/4/2008 al 16/5/2008
Segnalato da
21/4/2008
Phyllis Rosser
Ceres Gallery, New York
The artist continues her investigation into the visual play of natural forms and images with an installation of branches, tree limbs and grasses. This complements her wall-mounted constructions of found wood that twist and knot along with her more openly woven pieces in natural wood.
In her solo exhibition at Ceres
Gallery opening April 22nd, Phyllis Rosser continues her investigation
into the visual play of natural forms and images with an installation
of branches, tree limbs and grasses. This complements her powerful
wall-mounted constructions of found wood that twist and knot along
with her more openly woven pieces in natural wood stripped of its bark
which she finds on the banks of the Connecticut River in Vermont.
In the decaying branches thrown on the shore, especially as they turn
silvery gray, she sees the weathered barn doors of her childhood. The
energy of the wood - it’s subtle grays, beiges and charcoals and
infinite patterns of grains as well as it’s broken forms have a power
for her, suggesting something that endures even as a tree breaks
apart. She revalues a material often considered refuse. In recent
years, the sculptural patterns of natural landscapes have drawn her
interest as she tries to capture their volumes, contours and colors in
her installations. The random masses of plants and the wind blowing
through fields of grasses create a powerful energy and geometry that
excite as well as soothe.
Art Historian/Critic Anne Swartz says Rosser’s work is an “ongoing
search for the stunning in natural-occurring forms...They become
talismans of nature’s force, power and beauty.” She notes their
calligraphic quality: “The line of the forms seem to follow throughout
the composition, breaking and undulating, recalling their surging
through water,” connecting her to 20th Century painters who freed line
from description like Jackson Pollack and Cy Twombley.
Nature Reassembled will include 6 large wall sculptures and 20 smaller
pieces as well as 9 paintings of large flowers which further reveal
her fascination with the colors, textures and sensuality of nature.
Swartz has said “the intertwining or overlaid elements (of the
paintings) recall the sculptural compositions” of her wall pieces.
The flowers are “both beautiful (lovely palette, pleasing shapes and
vital forms) and sublime (prompting a sense of awe at the spectacle of
nature, diminishing human presence in the process).”
This is Phyllis Rosser’s 11th solo show. She is represented in
numerous private and public collections including the Microsoft Art
Collection, the Smith College Museum of Art and John & Johnson and has
appeared in many group shows in New York, New Jersey, and Vermont.
Ceres Gallery
14 East Fourth Street - New York
Tuesday through Saturday 12 P.M. to 6 P.M. Thursday, 12 P.M. to 8 P.M.
Free admission