The Haggus Society Presents Cohesion Collision:
Images from the Psychomachia series by R.L. Gibson
PSYCHOMACHIA* is the newest series done in collaboration with Arizona-based artist Jerry Portelli. This work reinterprets the Seven Deadly Sins and the Seven Holy Virtues in a series of 14 diptychs, one from each artist. The aesthetic theme is the sideshow freak from the circus and fairs of yesteryear–nature’s artwork, if you will.
“My work habit is to explore the physical reality of my reverence for human potential with ‘self as other’ as reoccurring content. The Psychomachia series, challenged me to not rely on facial expression. While every face is unique, humanity regardless of culture or language recognizes facial expression as the key to discovering the true soul. Limiting use of the face allowed me to further explore the physical uniqueness upon which the Seven Deadly Sins & Seven Holy Virtues provide the crux of judgement allowing acceptance of the physical.”
R.L. Gibson is a nationally-shown artist and happily-married mother of one working and “living on vacation” on top of a mountain in Tennessee with work in galleries from New York to Texas.
Gibson works, almost exclusively as a Xerographist, producing complicated layered compositions and then hand-transferring these images to a variety of substrates resulting in a unique monotype.
Xerography, as a medium, has neither a standard place in institutional art instruction nor a documented history. Gibson has spent years refining her hand-palatted technique. The “skips” are not flaws but the unique result of the process.
“I am an Objectivist—that is, I believe in objective reality. This belief is clearly reflected in my work—from color to content. Pieces of Me is a large on-going series, and Psychomachia is my current collaborative series. Each of these bodies of work explores the physical reality of my reverence for human potential. Pieces of Me frequently uses self as other as reoccurring content.”
– R.L. Gibson
In addition to producing her own work and work in collaboration with other artists, Gibson also runs ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, a fun and quirky, food-themed art blog that offers reviews of emerging artists, shows from great galleries, and FREE Art Deadlines and Calls for Entry as an artist’s resource.
*The Psychomachia (Battle for Man's soul) by the Late Antique Latin poet Prudentius is probably the first and most influential "pure" medieval allegory, the first in a long tradition of works as diverse as the Romance of the Rose, Everyman, and Piers Plowman. (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychomachia )
Opening reception Saturday, December 10, 2011 6 - 10 pm
Featuring the verse of Ricardo Lira Acuña and violin accompaniment of David Strother.
Reception coincides with the Second Saturday Art Walk.
Exhibition runs through December 30, 2011.
RicRok's Tattoos
6181 Figueroa Street
Highland Park, CA 90042
Ricroks Tattoos is a full-service tattoo business dedicated to consistently providing high customer satisfaction by rendering excellent service and quality products while furnishing an enjoyable atmosphere at an acceptable price/value relationship. We will also maintain a friendly, fair, and creative work environment that respects diversity, ideas and hard work.
http://www.ricrokstattoos.com/
http://www.thehaggussociety.org/
Images from the Psychomachia series by R.L. Gibson
PSYCHOMACHIA* is the newest series done in collaboration with Arizona-based artist Jerry Portelli. This work reinterprets the Seven Deadly Sins and the Seven Holy Virtues in a series of 14 diptychs, one from each artist. The aesthetic theme is the sideshow freak from the circus and fairs of yesteryear–nature’s artwork, if you will.
“My work habit is to explore the physical reality of my reverence for human potential with ‘self as other’ as reoccurring content. The Psychomachia series, challenged me to not rely on facial expression. While every face is unique, humanity regardless of culture or language recognizes facial expression as the key to discovering the true soul. Limiting use of the face allowed me to further explore the physical uniqueness upon which the Seven Deadly Sins & Seven Holy Virtues provide the crux of judgement allowing acceptance of the physical.”
R.L. Gibson is a nationally-shown artist and happily-married mother of one working and “living on vacation” on top of a mountain in Tennessee with work in galleries from New York to Texas.
Gibson works, almost exclusively as a Xerographist, producing complicated layered compositions and then hand-transferring these images to a variety of substrates resulting in a unique monotype.
Xerography, as a medium, has neither a standard place in institutional art instruction nor a documented history. Gibson has spent years refining her hand-palatted technique. The “skips” are not flaws but the unique result of the process.
“I am an Objectivist—that is, I believe in objective reality. This belief is clearly reflected in my work—from color to content. Pieces of Me is a large on-going series, and Psychomachia is my current collaborative series. Each of these bodies of work explores the physical reality of my reverence for human potential. Pieces of Me frequently uses self as other as reoccurring content.”
– R.L. Gibson
In addition to producing her own work and work in collaboration with other artists, Gibson also runs ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, a fun and quirky, food-themed art blog that offers reviews of emerging artists, shows from great galleries, and FREE Art Deadlines and Calls for Entry as an artist’s resource.
*The Psychomachia (Battle for Man's soul) by the Late Antique Latin poet Prudentius is probably the first and most influential "pure" medieval allegory, the first in a long tradition of works as diverse as the Romance of the Rose, Everyman, and Piers Plowman. (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychomachia )
Opening reception Saturday, December 10, 2011 6 - 10 pm
Featuring the verse of Ricardo Lira Acuña and violin accompaniment of David Strother.
Reception coincides with the Second Saturday Art Walk.
Exhibition runs through December 30, 2011.
RicRok's Tattoos
6181 Figueroa Street
Highland Park, CA 90042
Ricroks Tattoos is a full-service tattoo business dedicated to consistently providing high customer satisfaction by rendering excellent service and quality products while furnishing an enjoyable atmosphere at an acceptable price/value relationship. We will also maintain a friendly, fair, and creative work environment that respects diversity, ideas and hard work.
http://www.ricrokstattoos.com/
http://www.thehaggussociety.org/
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