Clare Rojas

Los Angeles

Clare Rojas current exhibition Pith features paintings that signal a further exploration for the artist, in respect to both subject and materiality. Pith observes the artist’s concentration on abstract space and the blurring between architectural dimensionality and geometric flatness.

The removal of the figure from this recent body of work is a purposed decision, as the artist elects to concentrate on the atmospheric possibilities of painting. These works are ambient, spatially open and emotionally drenched ― re-directed away from a character-driven narrative, Rojas proposes a psycho-spatial realm. Whereas once her paintings were played out with actors and props, these paintings appear like the sets where the dramatic sequences might occur.

Electing to use oils over acrylic, which she had preferenced for years, Rojas has necessarily altered her strategy towards the interaction of colour and light, while building more saturated surfaces. Rojas’ strong and familiar palette, which tends towards saturated yellows, reds and greys, is dominant in the exhibition, while she also invites their interaction with gentler tonal registers.

PRISM

October 19th – November 3rd, 2012
8746 W. Sunset Boulevard
West Hollywood, CA 90069
USA

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