I am happy to announce that I will have an exhibition titled Far at the Moorpark College Art Gallery on view from November 21, 2013-January 20, 2014.
My artist talk will take place on Wednesday, December 4, 1p.m. in the Campus Center Conference Room. The following is the press release:
Moorpark
College Art Gallery
Administration
Bldg.
7075
Campus Road
Moorpark,
CA 91320
Gallery
hours: Mon. - Thurs., 9a.m.-7p.m. & Fri., 9a.m.-12 noon
Contact:
Erika Lizée,
elizee@vcccd.edu
Moorpark College Art
Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Sophia Allison.
In Far,
the Los Angeles-based, multi-media artist
offers an autobiography of sewn landscapes and works on paper. The
work is directly connected to and inspired by the organic
surroundings of her childhood home in the mountains of Western North
Carolina and her current home in Los Angeles. Far
alludes to not only the physical distance of familiar locations but
also the emotional aspects of memories attached to specific places.
Her
recent works on paper are collaged abstracted landscapes. Allison
paints acrylic on both sides of a piece of watercolor paper and
allows it dry directly on her studio floor. As the paper dries, dirt,
grit and grime from the floor attach to the painting, creating
variable textures. The paper is then cut down into pieces for the
collage works. The forms within these works undulate and flow,
creating movement in the images that loosely resemble various
mountain topography. The works are created from Allison's memory of
local physical terrain.
In her sewn pictorials,
Allison places a printed image on fabric and repetitively sews
through the paper, forcing it into the cloth fibers while
simultaneously destroying the paper. Parts of the image are recreated
with thread on the opposite side of the material. The effect is
two-fold: on one side, the landscape is clearly articulated; on the
other, the paper image is obliterated, leaving loose threads and
uneven textures. The image is simultaneously destroyed and built up;
it is recognized as a snapshot of a specific location and at the same
time it becomes fragmented and abstracted.
An artist lecture will be
held on Wed., Dec. 4 at 1p.m. In the Campus Center Conference Room.
