Branching Rooted

EXHIBITION STATEMENT

In my recent practice I build a large wall collage, a “texture matrix,” from paper, tape, and other recycled materials, and then make multiple rubbings from it. All the pieces in this exhibit began as rubbings from Texture Matrix 5, a portion of which is included in the exhibit. Though each work is unique, the common underlying matrix reveals itself in the root/branch motif referenced by the show’s title.

In the Above Yet Beneath series, the matrix-based rubbings are made with water-soluble crayon and wax crayon, accentuated with watercolor and colored pencil. I then cut shapes out of the paper. Some matrix-based rubbings have two layers so that a second rubbing, made with wax pastel on Yupo, is visible through cutouts in the top sheet. Others are a single sheet where the cutouts reveal light reflected from the wall on which they are hung.

The Radicle View pieces are mixed media rubbings on paper, mounted on panel. “Radicle”is a term for the part of a plant embryo that develops into the primary root, or a rootlike subdivision of a nerve or vein. Radical View alludes to the root/branch and window pane motifs that characterize the series. Rubbings obviously explore surface texture, but they also show what’s beneath the surface. I am intrigued by the play between what is hidden and revealed, and how that play makes space for mystery.

ARTIST BIO

Cindy Morefield creates abstract mixed-media rubbings and collages that explore the play between what is hidden and what is revealed, and how that interaction makes space for mystery. Her work has been exhibited throughout the southeastern United States, and is included in the City of Raleigh Municipal Art Collection and the North Carolina Heart and Vascular Hospital Art Collection. She earned a BA in Studio Art from the University of Mary Washington and an MFA in Painting from Northern Illinois University. Cindy is originally from Bristol, Virginia, and has lived in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, since 2006. Outside the studio, she enjoys reading, walking, and learning Italian.

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Curated by Cindy Morefield

Presented by the Durham Art Guild