FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA 2010 – La Casa Rosa Art Studio
FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA 2010 Exhibition at La Casa Rosa Art Studio in San Antonio, Texas
Rebecca Dietz : Asylum
Rebecca Dietz, featured photographer.
The exhibit “Asylum” is comprised of two series:
“Asylum (Hands)” : Images of hand continually crumpling, ripping, tearing paper.
“Oracles” : Large, surreal, distorted faces representing oracles
Asylum is both shelter and madhouse. It is a place one seeks for freedom of expression, but also a place one is sent to when they have lost all reason. The works in this exhibit explore this duality of asylum, and its place in the creative process.
The continual acts of creating, discarding and restoring artworks in the process of understanding larger meaning are illustrated in the series of hands continually crumpling and smoothing paper. The action is at once soothing and compulsive, monotonous and rhythmic. These are the daily acts that define our existence. They are also the acts of a madwoman.
The large-scale, distorted faces in “Oracles” alternately smile, leer and taunt the viewer from their dark environments. Ghostly, disembodied mouths deliver information from a hidden world. Oracles can be frightening or divine; offering guidance or cryptic puzzles often misinterpreted by fortune seekers.
The audience is invited to experience the fullness of this duality. Each series is a meditation that joins the sane with the insane.
The exhibit Asylum is comprised of two series: Asylum (Hands): Images of hand continually crumpling, ripping, tearing paper.
Oracles: Large, surreal, distorted faces representing oracles. Asylum is both shelter and madhouse. It is a place one seeks for freedom of expression, but also a place one is sent to when they have lost all reason.
The works in this exhibit explore this duality of asylum, and its place in the creative process. The continual acts of creating, discarding and restoring artworks in the process of understanding larger meaning are illustrated in the series of hands continually crumpling and smoothing paper. The action is at once soothing and compulsive, monotonous and rhythmic. These are the daily acts that define our existence. They are also the acts of a madwoman.
The large-scale, distorted faces in Oracles alternately smile, leer and taunt the viewer from their dark environments. Ghostly, disembodied mouths deliver information from a hidden world. Oracles can be frightening or divine; offering guidance or cryptic puzzles often misinterpreted by fortune seekers. The audience is invited to experience the fullness of this duality. Each series is a meditation that joins the sane with the insane.
The works in this exhibit explore this duality of asylum, and its place in the creative process. The continual acts of creating, discarding and restoring artworks in the process of understanding larger meaning are illustrated in the series of hands continually crumpling and smoothing paper. The action is at once soothing and compulsive, monotonous and rhythmic. These are the daily acts that define our existence. They are also the acts of a madwoman.
The large-scale, distorted faces in Oracles alternately smile, leer and taunt the viewer from their dark environments. Ghostly, disembodied mouths deliver information from a hidden world. Oracles can be frightening or divine; offering guidance or cryptic puzzles often misinterpreted by fortune seekers. The audience is invited to experience the fullness of this duality. Each series is a meditation that joins the sane with the insane.
Luis Lopez, Gallery Owner/Artist, La Casa Rosa Art Studio.
Views of the Asylum exhibit by Rebecca Dietz.
Opening reception for Asylum by Rebeca Dietz at La Casa Rosa Art Studio.
Marilyn Lanfear.
Diana Roberts and Danville Chadbourne.
Ann Kinser, Rebeca Dietz, and Debra Schafter.
Performance posing, with socks, at La Casa Rosa Art Studio.
