Feature Articles

June Issue 1999

 

Blue Pony Gallery & Press Features Work of Charlotte Foust

 

 

The Blue Pony Gallery and Press in Charlotte, NC, is featuring a one-person show of new paintings entitled, Figure and Ground, by Charlotte Foust, which will be on view through June 12, 1999. The exhibit will feature contemporary mixed media figurative paintings on canvas and paper.

Throughout history, the human figure has been depicted as the subject matter of many paintings and used by artists to reflect not only the physical body but to also mirror humanity. The paintings in the exhibit, Figure and Ground, do not attempt to recreate the physical body. Instead, through the use of gestural brushstrokes and expressive lines, this work explores the psychological realm of existence.
Foust says of her work, "without deliberately planning out the paintings, or working intuitively, the figures have a sense of directness and immediacy. After repeated layering and removal of material on the flat surface of the canvas, a human form emerges from the abstract void. The clear outline of a face or the curve of an arm only suggest a solid form is actually present. The figures are left in varying stages of metamorphosis, which suggest the fleeting passage of time and memory. Through the painting process, I am continually exploring the internal and external components of the human form, and in this current work the standards of appearance have become fragmented and ultimately start to fall away."

Foust believes that with her work, the outcome of association or any definition to be found in her paintings is one of a sense of connection with the viewer.

For further information check our NC Commercial Gallery listings or call the gallery at 704/334-9390.

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