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Susan
Rodriguez:GALLERY
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| My work is
devoted to the universe we call the figure. I am hopelessly
in love with the male and female body, and its miraculous affinity
to be expressive of all that is human and divine. Memory and
longing, disappointment, joy, anticipation, fleeting thoughts...
everything is registered in muscle, fiber, tissue and bone.
It is my charge as an artist to render tangible the narratives
that bodies contain, principally through figural pastels. I
employ decorative and organic materials in my compositions,
particularly papers and textiles. By this measure, my art is
best described as collage and/or mixed media. All are works-on-paper,
and are infused by a spectrum of diversity that embraces Asian
and African art. To make sense of the imagery I strive to convey,
I defer to the artistic powers my work honors. Picture the scenic
vignettes and surface techniques of Romare Bearden, apply the
textures found in Edgar Degas’ pastel chalks. To this
fusion, add the rasa sentiments experienced in Indian manuscript
art, and garnish with the play of pattern that delights us in
Japanese art. While all artists are nourished by other art and
artists, in the words of Frida Kahlo, “I paint my own
reality”. My search is always for new means to reveal
the silent dialogue that exists inside and between figures -
singular, coupled, and grouped - in the intimate worlds my own
art presents. It is my experience as a woman with strong cultural
ties that profoundly inspires my personal cultural vision. |
Heart Print
Monotype , 2004 |
Embroidered Black Shawl
Pastel Collage , 2004 |
Hombre
Pastel Collage, 2004 |
Silent Partner
Pastel Collage , 2004 |
Lightning Strikes
Ink collage , 2004 |
In the Moment
Pastel Collage , 2004 |
 Red
Mask
Pastel Collage , 2004 |
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| Ceramic Tiles |
Changing Woman
2004 |
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