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

Juliarose Loffredo Triebes

Brown Horizon, 2005, 4'4"x3'6, Hand stitched wool.
 “The horizon is a visual approximation of the infinite; in my work it is a metaphor for the bounds of our mental and visual perception. Infinity is an enigma because unlike other numbers and concepts it cannot be defined by being told or demonstrated.


Although the works are minimal they are not impersonal or impassionate because the hand injects a level of emotion and feeling that is vital to their concept. The seemingly immeasurable surface of hand stitches is an inseparable part of the work’s message because time is revealed by their mark. The stitches take full advantage of the visual power of repetition and are a daily ritual of marking time.”

Juliarose Loffredo Triebes currently resides in Arizona. She is a textile artist whose work has been exhibited nationally and internationally including Sotheby’s New York and the Tilburg Textile Museum, Holland. In 2006 Triebes co-curated the national juried exhibition “Needle Culture” at CCA. She is currently employed fulltime in Flagstaff, AZ at Turrell Trading Company, the studio of artist James Turrell
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