Exhibit: Double / Vision
Artists: Nancy Reinker and Diana Clauss
Location: Downtown Phoenix campus Library / Information Commons
Available: February 23 – April 17, 2009 during normal library hours
Artists Statements:
Diana Clauss
In my work, I use the language of illusion, landscape space and motifs, and the evocative potentiality of paint and various materials to reflect an emotional climate. The tension between a shifting illusion of depth and dimensional surface is used to invite an introspective gaze where the senses can navigate the enclosures and expanses of the visual terrain.
I believe that the elements of chance and intention coupled with doubt and faith are inherent in the process of painting and embodied in the materiality of the paint itself. These elements are present as each new body of work progresses and ultimately they integrate within each painting akin to alchemy. Each painting contains the record of what remains after a circuitous process of applying and subtracting combined with the daily contemplations in the studio that seep into each layer.
Nancy Reinker
My paintings and drawings are an intense focus on an intimate optical experience. It is a visual excursion beneath, between, among and around the surface of all living forms, human and otherwise. The work is a journey that appreciates the glory of all creation.
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