BFA Catalog: 2017-2018

REBECCA MOTT

Transept Drawing & Painting rebecca.r.patton@gmail.com

The history of church architecture is a history of installation. In the modern age I seek to make religious installations relevant. My work is in conversation with artists such as Bill Viola and Ann Hamilton, but is also deeply inspired by religious art from the Italian Renaissance and Baroque periods. In my work I emphasize time in the form of personal, immersive installations, encouraging meditation and silence amidst the fast paced society that we live in. My acrylic paintings have an abstract, intensely colored foundation upon which I incorporate representational and symbolic elements. Conceptually, I focus on the mysterious nature of the interactions and tensions between the transcen- dent and the material and articulate these complexities through technique and color choices. I aim to create a sacred space that will embody the way in which physical symbols illustrate spiritual truths and I hope through my work to evoke reverence and contemplation of the divine.

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