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This exhibition of Pato
de los Reyes Gil samples the diverse techniques of the talented
Argentina -born artist. Recognized for the energetic intensity
of her works, she has demonstrated that same energy traveling
worldwide to places of inspiration including Bali, Indonesia
and India. The artist attributes her bright colors, and
especially her magentas, to India, and her turquoises to
the many oceans she has traversed. Agua de Rosas,
in English, Water of Roses, consists of organic forms, composed
of gently rounded shapes that interlock or overlap, and
can perhaps be read as clusters of oceanic contours or systems
that are joined not so much by nature as by her inspired
imagination. The shapes seem melded against a blue ground
while her medium of acrylic on canvas w/ rainfall water,
aromatics oils & agua de rosas speaks visual volumes.
It reminds of scientific knowledge grown into poetic statements.
In an altogether different style is Future
Woman President, created in black and white acrylic
and pencil on canvas. Pato frames her central figure with
complex images, using hierarchical balance and proportion
to translate importance. While her techniques can vary widely,
a measure of valuable continuity is found in her fertile
themes of women and the environment, which are captured
meaningfully in Celebration, and to which she returns
again and again.
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