current findings: rocío rodríguez

I have just discovered the wonderfulness of Rocío Rodríguez (I'm likely among the very few who hadn't known of her - until today, in my case - but no matter). Rodríguez was born in Cuba and educated (in the late 70s) at the University of Georgia in Athens. I'm amazed at the depth she achieves through the use of simple, calligraphic line interwoven with layers of paint (thick, opaque, textured - or smooth and transparent). Here's Rodríguez commenting on her work:

In my paintings, several realities co-exist -- from a disintegrating cosmos, to foreign wars, to the silence of a private garden, parallel worlds existing side by side. They present differing dichotomies: the global and the personal, the natural and the mechanical, the concrete, the abstract, the ambiguous, the suggestive. Our lives are a confluence of chaotic and ordered experiences that we perceive on various planes. For me, painting parallels the complexity of this dynamic.

Some of his canvases are quite large. See what I mean right here.




images: artnet; fay gold gallery
lineage: dear ada; another shade of grey