2019
- 29th Annual Red Dot Art Sale, Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, Texas
- WIP, R Space, San Antonio, Texas
- Mending Wall: A Relic of Truth, Terminal 136, San Antonio, Texas (Solo Exhibition)
- Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2019, Houston, Texas
- WIP, R Space, San Antonio, Texas
- Mending Wall: A Relic of Truth, Terminal 136, San Antonio, Texas (Solo Exhibition)
- Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2019, Houston, Texas
Mending Wall: A Relic of Truth
Press Release:
Terminal 136 is pleased to present the MFA Thesis Exhibition Mending Wall: A Relic of Truth by Lauren Riojas-Fitzpatrick. Opening with a reception from 6 – 9pm on Thursday, February 28th, as well as 6 – 9pm Friday, March 1st, the exhibit will be on view through March 16th, 2019.
Lauren Riojas-Fitzpatrick makes art about life, an ever-fluctuating place of joy, anger, and fear, containment and infinity, everything and nothing. Riojas-Fitzpatrick uses a multidisciplinary approach to creating artwork, often using drawing, painting, collage and site-specific installation as modes of communicating. In Mending Wall: A Relic of Truth, Riojas-Fitzpatrick uses a gabion wall as a primary source of inspiration. This type of wall is created by the elemental material of wire manipulated into a cage-like form, that is in turn filled with stones – the wall is permeable by air, water, sight, and sound, yet still evokes a physical barrier. The gabion wall is a metaphor for the counterintuitive nature in the notion of two separate, distinct sides – that is rather a singular space hinged by a psychological construct.
The subtleties of materiality in Mending Wall: A Relic of Truth highlight the contradictions of existence; such as in the large-scale installation piece Veil, mundane objects that are seemly dense are presented as frail and delicate (much like our very thoughts and convictions) stitched together just enough to stand, but flimsy enough to be ripped apart.
Terminal 136 is pleased to present the MFA Thesis Exhibition Mending Wall: A Relic of Truth by Lauren Riojas-Fitzpatrick. Opening with a reception from 6 – 9pm on Thursday, February 28th, as well as 6 – 9pm Friday, March 1st, the exhibit will be on view through March 16th, 2019.
Lauren Riojas-Fitzpatrick makes art about life, an ever-fluctuating place of joy, anger, and fear, containment and infinity, everything and nothing. Riojas-Fitzpatrick uses a multidisciplinary approach to creating artwork, often using drawing, painting, collage and site-specific installation as modes of communicating. In Mending Wall: A Relic of Truth, Riojas-Fitzpatrick uses a gabion wall as a primary source of inspiration. This type of wall is created by the elemental material of wire manipulated into a cage-like form, that is in turn filled with stones – the wall is permeable by air, water, sight, and sound, yet still evokes a physical barrier. The gabion wall is a metaphor for the counterintuitive nature in the notion of two separate, distinct sides – that is rather a singular space hinged by a psychological construct.
The subtleties of materiality in Mending Wall: A Relic of Truth highlight the contradictions of existence; such as in the large-scale installation piece Veil, mundane objects that are seemly dense are presented as frail and delicate (much like our very thoughts and convictions) stitched together just enough to stand, but flimsy enough to be ripped apart.
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