Curatorial Statement

Drawing and calligraphic mark-making are as essential in Western art as they are in Eastern art. Evident in the works of early American abstract expressionists, calligraphic mark-making continues to be a significant component in contemporary art across all media produced in the East and the West. Today American, Asian and European artists employ drawing and mark-making methodologies outside the formal, figurative, and representational art approaches and aesthetics. Some integrate new media and digital technologies while others consider more direct applications using a variety of media, materials and production processes. Explore contemporary interdisciplinary and multimedia drawing and mark-making applications in SPIRITED CALLIGRAPHY: TEXT, MARKS, AND MEANINGS – EAST AND WEST

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Fiona Ross


Ross with "...When We Could Be Diving For Pearls", October 4-6, 2010, Watercolor market, oil-paint marker and graphite.

“My recent series on ink drawings on paper and site specific installations take the form of unicursal, or single line, labyrinths.

The self portraits and landscapes are rendered from a single, unbroken thread of a line, leading the viewer on a predetermined journey through the drawing’s fantastical creatures and situations, making the experience both physical and metaphysical.”

Fiona Ross received her MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2001 and teaches art at the University of Richmond. Her paintings and drawings are in the collections of Capital One, Wachovia Securities, Markel Corporation and the Republic of Ireland as well as many private collections. Her works have also been featured in many national and international exhibitions and publications and she is a recipient of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Professional Artist Grant.






Artist Website: fiona@fionaross.net
Blog: http://apotropaia.blogspot.com/
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