A display of paintings, photography, and other media, including printed text of dialogue between the two artists. They have responded to the experience of life, loss, and joy, with artwork depicting the body as a call to honor our vessel and as metaphor for grief and a commitment to be present here and now.
Corpus Chromatic is a body of portraits meant to celebrate and venerate living systems for their physical beauty, unique functions, characteristics, ancient designs, and meaning. Some branch-like forms and patterns visible in the human body mirror symbols of nature such as leaf venation and tree limbs; unfamiliar subjects are shrouded in mystique yet have universal origins and designs.
Anatomical subjects are abstracted with bright colors to bring attention to them and to add fantasy, drawing attention to the beauty and function of the living object itself.
Art Exhibit opening reception date of November 12, 2021 6-8pm at the Louise Brown Gallery in the Bryan Center, Duke University West Campus. Corpus Chromatic is a body of artwork celebrating human anatomy with saturated colors, patterns, textures and surrealistic scale. Anatomical subjects are abstracted with bright colors to bring attention to them and to add fantasy, drawing attention to the beauty and function of the living object itself.
I created one piece of art everyday for over a year. The hope was to loosen up any kind of block I had about creating a piece and how important it had to be, a complete and ready I had to be with an idea. By making art everyday without judgment, I was encouraged to explore half-formed ideas and just put pen or brush to the page. This show displayed over 300 9”x9” pieces placed on table surfaces and mounted on walls and boards. Others were framed and displayed in wall arrangements or remained in the spiral bound multi-media sketchbooks in which they were created. People were encouraged to flip through and handle the pages, turning them over to find the title and date of each on the back.
Vectors is an exploration of the correlation of color, line, and texture and how their relationships convey direct actions, harmony and discord. It is about Doing, not Thinking about Doing. Action painting is a term that applies to this body of work, and mirror is added to each composition to portray ever-shifting thoughts of the self and the self seen in context with one’s surroundings.
Vectors are trajectories; they are the course, the route on which information travels. This series has become much more intuitive than I had planned, as art can be less interesting if i know how it will end up. Compositions often become entirely different from how they first looked. Knowing that every action leads to some sort of new view or perspective, I alter formerly complete works, building inertia on an ever-changing picture plane.
Join me at the Levin JCC in Durham, NC to discuss the work of Kinship and share any interpretations or perspectives on the work.
Christine's reception for her exhibition "Closer than You Appear" is happening at Naomi Studio and Gallery, Oct 1, 4-7pm.
She is teaming up with APS of Durham to help raise funds for the Animal Protection Society of Durham (APS), 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that has been helping animals in our community since 1970, and has managed the Durham County Animal Shelter since 1990.
Christine's exhibition "Closer than You Appear" will be up at Naomi Studio and Gallery, Sept 28-Oct 29.
She is teaming up with APS of Durham to help raise funds for the Animal Protection Society of Durham (APS), 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that has been helping animals in our community since 1970, and has managed the Durham County Animal Shelter since 1990.
