Lucha Rodriguez
Samuel Stabler
Lucha Rodríguez received her master of fine arts degree in printmaking from Savannah College of Art and Design, and her bachelor of fine arts degree in graphic design from the Art Institute of Atlanta. Her work ranges from etchings, monoprints, and colorful silkscreens, to immersive multilayered installations of cut paper, each created with pink—the artist’s signature color. Born in Venezuela, Rodríguez has exhibited globally with solo and group shows throughout the United States, India, Mexico, China, and France. Her work is included in the collections of the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, the World of Coca-Cola Museum, and the High Museum of Art. Rodríguez is currently represented by Kai Lin Art Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia. Artist’s Statement The work is light and surface. Exercises on seeing and perceived reality. The vast spatial presence hidden within a single material made visible through precise cuts into a surface. Patterns and new planes become visible depending on our perspective and physical nearness towards the work of art. Some might view single solid flat colors while others see intimate detail and complexity created with light and shadows. It encourages viewers to know the work not by their first impressions but by taking a long hard look at what’s really inside. The work is not about a fixed or set image. It is a continuous sensory experience of light and surface. In the simple act of witnessing light on paper we are subjected to our human sensory limitations, but we can also learn to internally alter our perceived reality because it is intrinsically tied to contextual and cultural norms.
Samuel Stabler studied at Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design in London, and the University of Georgia. His work has been exhibited in New York at Garis & Hahn, Dorfman Projects, Gallery 151, National Arts Clubs, and Christie’s; in London at Degree Art Gallery, the Conningsby Gallery, and the Window Gallery; Gallery 60Six, San Francisco; Subliminal Projects Gallery, Los Angeles; Tumuboko Gallery, Kobe, Japan; the Chinese Characters Gallery, Budapest; and the Coffee Shop Gallery, Brussels.
Bursting
Untitled (pattern floral)
Artist’s Statement I have been working and reworking found images my entire career as an artist. For everyone, certain images carry a significant amount of importance. The images that stay in my memory come from personal moments, relationships, hobbies, and passions that then get used in my paintings. As a student of art history, many of my images come from the great paintings of the Old Masters, including in the form of still lifes and historical paintings. As a fan of pop culture, I also reuse images from music, sports, film, and daily life. In reusing them, I use my own language to communicate new ideas about aesthetics, and I hope this creates a unique narrative. My passion for minimalism and Bauhaus thought also emerges as I partner different grids with the images. The final result is something new and unique to every viewer.
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