Current Exhibition
Jane Rosen | Gamut
ACCESS Program: Joshua Hart
February 7 – March 8, 2008
Reception: February 9, 3-5pm
Artist Biography

A visit to Jane Rosen's ranch in Northern California reveals the inspiration for her art.  Originally from New York, Rosen found herself drawn to the light of the California coast.  The deer, hawks, horses, and dogs that populate her work represent Rosen's hopes for a humanity that is intuitively aware and close to its inner nature.

Rosen feels that the ritual process of making art opens the artist to experiencing the moment and entering a purer state of being. This understanding informs her art and gives each work its psychological complexity.  Rosen's drawings develop spontaneously and often begin with coffee or ink stains.  Her sculptures for the wall are multilayered in their use of materials from marble dust to gypsum and willow branches to horse hair.  In her newest work Rosen explores the tactile and expressive possibilities of limestone by working with architectural remnants.

Jane Rosen's book on drawing, entitled Seeing Through Touch, in collaboration with and edited by Richard Rhodes will be released in 2008.

In the ACCESS Program, Joshua Hart responds to what is close at hand --a nail in a wall, a spot of paint on the floor, the angle of light from a certain lamp--to create an installation that acts as a moment-to-moment experience for the viewer.  Working with common materials such as graphite, vellum, wood, and pressed tin frames Hart develops concrete relationships that subvert conventional presentation techniques.  Joshua Hart received his MFA from Bard College, New York.

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