 
Floriana Rigo describes her elegant ink-and-brush works as “life-marks.” A practitioner of Tai Chi Chuan and a student of ancient Chinese culture, Rigo infuses these calligraphic images with delicacy and a strong sense of movement — hallmarks of classic Chinese art. The pieces employ a very basic palette, the energetic brushstrokes of black ink juxtaposed with neat red markings on simple white backgrounds, or with little natural inserts and different tints. However, their composition is anything but simple. On one level, the black brushstrokes feel casual, their dynamic strength bringing such primal forces as wind and ocean waves and mountains to mind. But they also resolve into graceful geometrical swirls and circles. The viewer is presented with a world in which the force of nature is tempered by the calming influences of Taoism and the art of the Chinese pictogram. Rigo says that one goal of these works was to make a “void” – one that gives off a unique, fulfilling reflective power.
Rigo has been making art in public since she was four, from theatre to poetry to visual and concrete arts and video.
The Odyssey Within: an Exhibition of Fine Art by Greek and Italian Artists
Reception:
Thursday December 29, 2011 6-8 PM
Exhibition Dates:
12/23/2011 - 1/12/2012
Invitation to
Floriana Rigo's exhibition
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DOG (Dragon on Guard) 1, 2011
Ink on Rice Colored Paper with Natural Inserts
37.5" x 26"
$2500
DOG (Dragon on Guard) 1, 2011
Ink on Rice Colored Paper with Natural Inserts
37.5" x 26"
$2500
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DOG (Dragon on Guard) 3
Ink on Rice Colored Paper with Natural Inserts
26" x 37.5"
$2500
DOG (Dragon on Guard) 3
Ink on Rice Colored Paper with Natural Inserts
26" x 37.5"
$2500
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DOG (Dragon on Guard) 5
Ink on Rice Colored Paper with Natural Inserts
26" x 37.5"
$2500
DOG (Dragon on Guard) 5
Ink on Rice Colored Paper with Natural Inserts
26" x 37.5"
$2500
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