Ann Matlock: New Works &
Marjorie Moore: Remains
18 December, 2008- 24 January, 2009
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Ann
Matlock
Red Tomato Home, 2008
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Marjorie
Moore
Amputee, 2008
ink, graphite, and found object on gessoboard
6 x 6 x 4 inches
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Read the review of Lance Letscher's d berman show
in December's Art in America
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berman gallery presents new work by two Texas women
artists responding through their artwork
to different aspects of their environment of the last
few years.
Ann Matlock is one of the state’s most accomplished
weavers. Her lush and richly colorful new
works are based on watercolors she produced during
her recent travels in Europe and also Morocco,
where she taught natural dye workshops to women in
Ait Hanza and Sefrou.
Marjorie
Moore’s emotional, sculptural work expresses her frustration
with living a comfortable
existence in Austin while military action in the middle
east disrupts (and sometimes ends) life for
residents of Iraq. In her statement, Moore refers
to her materials: “The parts of birds, maimed by
vehicles, or cats, or mishap, I have collected and
placed in my studio for some time... I wanted to
make these bones and feathers beautiful again, a kind
of reliquary for the loss of flight and freedom...
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