DESERT FORCES / MOON SHADOWS | Joan Robey
October 1 - October 31, Online Exclusively on Artsy
Joan Robey shares her unique experience and personal relationship with the Mojave Desert landscape & open skies in “Desert Forces / Moon Shadows.”
This body of work references Robey’s time spent in the Mojave desert of Joshua Tree, CA. There, the natural occurrences of weather, animal life, fauna and flora mingle and the profoundly striking effects of the moon play with light and shadow, mood and motion. Robey has been working with reclaimed materials for many years, relying on the aesthetic of wabi-sabi to express her response to both nature and the nature of events and people. There is often an implicit sadness in discarded objects that, when integrated, become a celebration of transience and imperfection as well as renewal.
In attempting to capture the way in which shadows can both hide and enhance gesture, Robey began working with printing images on plexiglass, appreciating how its translucent surface both reflects and obscures. In the most recent piece, "Moon Shadow 7," Robey combined elements from a single piece of sculpture with a photo taken from the desert; the real and imagined interplay. Each of the sculpture pieces in this show is accompanied by a responding plexiglass print.
Artist website: http://joanrobey.com
Contact us for more information or to view work in person.
Exhibit online at https://www.artsy.net/asher-grey-gallery
Asher Grey Gallery
info@ashergreygallery.com
310 562 0511
Joan Robey shares her unique experience and personal relationship with the Mojave Desert landscape & open skies in “Desert Forces / Moon Shadows.”
This body of work references Robey’s time spent in the Mojave desert of Joshua Tree, CA. There, the natural occurrences of weather, animal life, fauna and flora mingle and the profoundly striking effects of the moon play with light and shadow, mood and motion. Robey has been working with reclaimed materials for many years, relying on the aesthetic of wabi-sabi to express her response to both nature and the nature of events and people. There is often an implicit sadness in discarded objects that, when integrated, become a celebration of transience and imperfection as well as renewal.
In attempting to capture the way in which shadows can both hide and enhance gesture, Robey began working with printing images on plexiglass, appreciating how its translucent surface both reflects and obscures. In the most recent piece, "Moon Shadow 7," Robey combined elements from a single piece of sculpture with a photo taken from the desert; the real and imagined interplay. Each of the sculpture pieces in this show is accompanied by a responding plexiglass print.
Artist website: http://joanrobey.com
Contact us for more information or to view work in person.
Exhibit online at https://www.artsy.net/asher-grey-gallery
Asher Grey Gallery
info@ashergreygallery.com
310 562 0511