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Artist Exhibitions:
solo exhibitions
2006 Veiling and
Revealing Part 2, 3 Eleven Art
Gallery, San Pedro, California
2005 Krista Marlene,
Veiling and Revealing: Recent
Pantings, IVC Art Gallery,
Irvine California
2004 Violette's rever
(voilet’s dreaming), L Salon,
Los Angeles, California
1999 Aisling Tri
Aimisir ‘images from
Ireland’, Ferrgie’s,
Philadelphia, ...
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Artist Galleries:
Coming Soon!
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Artist Reviews:
The Irvine Valley College Art
Gallery opens September 16,
2005 with an exhibition of
paintings by Los Angeles
artist and photographer Krista
Marlene. Veiling and Revealing
consists of abstract paintings
in acrylic, enamel and gel on
wood. Having worked previously
in photography, this series
marks a departure for Marlene.
Influenced ...
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Collections:
Joyce Woodcock and Michael
Borden, Jordan, New York, USA
Marlene E Castelow, Milford,
Delaware, USA
Mike Levine and his awesome
fiancee, Seattle, Washington,
USA
Judith J. Tanzman & Philip D.
Yankey; Pasadena, Cailifornia,
USA
Elizabeth Bailey; Los Angeles,
Cailifornia, USA
...
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Artist Statement for Krista Marlene
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Veil; to conceal, hide, disguise, screen or obscure.
Reveal; to make known, disclose, divulge.
The themes explored in this collection are that of balance and clarity
“a state of equilibrium; equality in amount, weight, value, or importance, as between two things or the parts of a thing
the quality or condition of being clear; free from guilt or a charge of guilt; to rid of obstructions, entanglement
or obstacles; open...”
{I’m} inviting the viewer to step in and appreciate this perspective, and allow the viewer to look for deeper meanings.
The process is a result of wood, color, paint, something to scrape with, water, design elements, idea, emotion, feeling,
and an atmosphere coming together in a stream of consciousness composition that draws upon inspirations found in
various everyday situations. I carefully use all these elements to create the story that wishes to be told. Each painting
has it’s own meaning, and as a collection they refer to each other. In a very similar way that people and the world
communicate.
The circle and the square symbols are repeated until they become an iconic theme that evokes an elegant, organic,
meditative quality. The idea of duality in these two elements suggest both past and future, heaven and earth, male
and female, opposites and mutual antithesis of inwards and outwards which is also represented in the layering of paint.
In astrology the circle represents the human spirit, the inner individual. In Western ideography the circle is a general
symbol for the eternal, the endless, that which is without beginning or end, all possibilities. The circle calls attention to
those signs it encircles. A center of communication.
The square in a horizontal-vertical position is an expression of the two dimensions that constitute a surface. Basically
means land, field, ground, or the element earth. The sign placed within the square indicates the ‘weather's’ effect on
the ground. In astrology the square signifies the most difficult and tense aspect that can occur between two planets in
a natal chart.
The rectangle becomes apart of the process, as well, adding yet another element to be considered.
The vertical rectangle or standing rectangle is very seldom used in Western ideography. In it’s use doubled, though the
rectangle is found on video appliances, meaning control button for pause. The horizontal rectangle was used already by
the Egyptians, where it meant garden pool. As a genealogical sign means buried.
The layering of paint is meant to conceal and expose at the same time, continuing the balance of duality. And in doing
so, to seek clarity in a greater meaning of one’s own identity and history.
krista marlene 2006
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