Geometry
Juried by Phyllis Tuchman
Opening Reception: Friday, September 20th, 6–9PM
September 20th – October 20th, 2019
165 7th Street, Brooklyn, New York
Founded by the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid, geometry is the area of mathematics concerned with the study of space and the relationships between points, lines, curves, and surfaces. Geometry’s place in the arts is complex. It includes how artists make use of forms and shapes, both as means of manipulating space and perspective, as well as the formal and abstract exploration of shapes themselves. The connection between geometry and art are as deep as they are wide. Employing rulers and compasses, Islamic art utilized geometry to create elaborate tessellated expanses, while painters in the Renaissance used geometry to devise evermore realistic perspectives, finding vanishing points and lines of sight. Geometric forms may also be found among textile and folk art around the world. However, it was in the 20th century when geometry came to occupy such a prominent and self-conscious role in art history. Modern artists, from Kazimir Malevich to Piet Mondrian, from Bridget Riley to Charlene von Heyl, to name only a few, brought geometry and art into a world of its own. Contemporary artists, in Site:Brooklyn’s Geometry elaborate on this long tradition, using geometric theory, naturally occurring patterns and forms, and other means of conjoining math and art. They explore new syntheses between realism, figuration, symbolism, abstraction, and pattern making. These works include painting, sculpture, drawing and multimedia.
About the Author:
Phyllis Tuchman is an art critic, historian, and curator. She regularly writes for Artforum, The New York Times, Art in America, ARTnews, and various other publications. She recently curated Ellsworth Kelly in the Hamptons at Guild Hall, and has previously put together widely acclaimed exhibitions focusing on Robert Motherwell and Robert Smithson. She has written books about George Segal, Mark Rothko and Helen Frankenthaler.
Artists:
Yura Adams, Charlotte Binau, Paula Cahill, Roberta Caviglia, Dragana Crnjak, Patty deGrandpre, Eric Dever, Aaron Fein, Chuck Fischer, Scott Fisk, Robert Frankel, Donald Furst, Kate Garman, Jeffrey Gelick, Amanda Gentry, Monica Goldsmith, Gwen Gunter, Garry Harley, Susan Rowe Harrison, Andrew Ina, Julia Jueun Jo, Michael Jorgensen, Sam Jungkurth, Loretta Ana Kaufman, Susan Kiefer, Corinne Lapin-Cohen, Dale Lazar, Gail Lehman, SeungTack Lim, Rebecca Lomshek, Dagmar Maini, Marie McInerney, Katie Mongoven, Alx Orphant, Diana Puglisi, Brigitte Radecki, Ernest Regua, Will Rothfuss, Seth Rouser, Barbara Rubensohn, Deborah Salomon, Robert Seng, Scott Sherman, Mary Sloane, Kate Snow, Gregory Steel, Piet K Tsujimura, Louise Victor, Jane Walker
Press
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Solo Exhibition | Playful Geometry
Duo Art Gallery, in Collaboration with Carré Art
1654 SW 8th St | Miami, FL 33135
RSVP: info@carreart.com
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 20th, 6 – 9 pm
Exhibition Dates: October 20 – November 17th
Monday to Friday: 10am-5pm
Roberta Caviglia (Brazil, 1972), studied architecture as several of the artists that in the fifties participated in establishing the concrete art in the city of São Paulo, following the transforming presence of the Swiss artist Max Bill in Brazil. However, it was not the influence of this strong movement and neither of the neo-concrete artists what consciously determined Caviglia’s work. With the honesty of her generation that no longer produces manifestos and cannot understand the fervor that originated them in the century of social and aesthetic utopias, Roberta Caviglia connects her recent geometric work to the need of organizing the forms in the flat space, constructing scenarios with an imaginative freedom reached by her never before.
"In architecture," she evokes, "I was restricted by the spaces of reality, in opposition to the unlimited borders of my paintings. My canvases accept everything coming to my mind: in architecture, it is impossible to create anything from an unreal structure". The series of Caviglia that give title to the exhibition, Playful Geometry were created with a sense of play and enjoyment, much lighter than the commitment of aesthetic and social transformation of its predecessors.
In Playful Geometry series, the different variations of a color associated with one of the many skin tones of humans constitute an element of their own and often balance or illuminate the compositions and combinations of strong tones. Also, Caviglia paints small bands that cross the fields of color in the manner of festive lines. These geometric sections not only introduce a rhythm in the flat space, but add imaginative associations that are connected with the celebrations, with the game, even with the circus and the popular aesthetic. Playful Geometry is an invitation to enjoy moving in and out of the space of the pictorial tradition with lightness: Roberta Caviglia conquers in this series the possibility of widening her own borders opening the doors of perception for amusement.
Adriana Herrera, PhD
Co-founder Aluna Art Foundation
Independent writer and curator
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Collective Show | Chelsea NYC
Agora Gallery
530 W 25th St | New York, NY 10001
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 07th, 6 – 9 pm
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, March 2, 2019 - Friday, March 22, 2019