April Issue 2002
Karpeles Manuscript Museum in Charleston, SC, Presents Works by Erica Love
The Karpeles Manuscript Museum in Charleston, SC, will feature an exhibition of works by Erica Love entitled, ARMATURE, from Apr. 2 through May 1, 2002.
Erica Love negotiates through her abstract
work with a sense of purpose. Amazingly, it is this sense of purpose
that remains present through the spontaneity of her drips and
the unpredictable swells of overlapping color. In viewing her
work, one can witness the evolution from meticulously applied
linear drawings to rhythmic animated paintings. This discovery
is not difficult, as the artist leaves open doors of underlying
color. These mysterious under layers create a strong constructive
presence which becomes the armature of her work. It is this underlying
order that allows her paintings to be carefree with brilliant
and playful colors while still
having the seriousness of strong composition.
Love graduated from Brown University with two BA's - Visual Arts
and Economics. During her time at Brown, she studied at the Rhode
Island School of Design and Tyler School of Art in Rome. It was
in Rome where she first developed her current style, inspired
by the intricacies of Roman architecture and the simplicity of
life in Southern Italy. The
artist's paintings on paper and masonite are executed in mixed
mediums of charcoal, paint, inks, and pastels (not in that order
and not necessarily all at once).
Love has shown her work in Rome, Providence, RI, San Francisco, CA, and Charleston, SC, where she currently resides.
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