Deborah Baronas: “Evolve – Industry to Artistry” at Van Vessem Gallery
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Deborah Baronas Evolve – Industry to Artistry??
| June 3??- July 2, 2017 Opening Reception: Saturday, June 10, 5-8??PM
Van Vessem Gallery proudly announces its next offering:??Evolve – Industry to Artistry??by??Deborah Baronas, on view through July 2. An opening reception will be held on June 10??from 5 to 8 p.m. The exhibit is co-curated by artist Kristin Street and gallerist Marika Van Vessem.?? A former textile designer, Baronas??? work employs a diversity of matter ???drawings, paint, glass and especially fabric??? to study issues of labor and history. She depicts a variety of laborers (tobacco farmers, factory workers and, most recently, soldiers), commemorating their distinct-yet-shared struggles. Concept is allied with method in Baronas??? art; a respectful and inquisitive materialism vitalizes both. ??
FREE FALL Formally, Baronas??? work often pursues elegant combinations of media to play with light, motion, transparency and tangibility. Scale can vary but Baronas is not afraid to go big (or long). This solo exhibit promises an almost panoramic view of Baronas??? career in both the commercial and artistic spheres. Visitors can see not only her materials but the ways they coalesce and fuse in the studio process. Standalone fabric designs nod toward the past then find their way into Baronas??? paintings. The fabric then enlarges to scrims overlaid with printed imagery or designs. ????
AUNT BETTY’S GARDEN Maquettes and samples of Baronas??? public art commission for the Bristol Veterans Home ???the site of her current experiments??? will also be displayed. As the viewer moves through the show, they move with Baronas in her investigations of labor. The speed of history and capital often threatens to elide workers and their efforts, but Baronas intends for their narratives to be seen and heard.??
SEA BEES Deborah Baronas??studied textile design and painting at the Rhode Island School of Design. Based on her own work experience and family heritage, she explores the condition of the American worker and landscape. She designs site specific installations that produce interactive environments with scrims, paintings, video, music and photography. Deborah worked as a textile designer and creative director in the Apparel Industry in New York City, Los Angeles and Europe working with designers and textile manufacturers in global fashion centers. Deborah now works as a design consultant and fine artist in Rhode Island. She lectures and exhibits at museums, galleries, universities, and textile companies throughout the United States and Mexico. |
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