GYA GYE LED.I LED reader board, lead sheeting, wood 5.50 x 18.50 x 4 in
BINARY 108.IV encaustic, oil stick on panel 36 x 36 in
CATHERINE EATON SKINNER, MARKING CODE series
Grand Opening Reception Friday, June 8, 2018 5-7 PM
The artist will be in attendance
Re Re – One by One
The Marking Code series pursues a deeper investigation of the symbolic number 108, sacred to
Eastern religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Eliminating figuration, these encaustic paintings
are structured through a variety of counting systems – from primitive tally
marks and I Ching notations to binary coding, all encompassing the 108 count and
encoding of “one hundred eight”. Counting and measuring have been our way to
order the disorder around us, from drawing in the sand to codes delivering
instant information. Employing oil stick and encaustic wax on panel, the work
explores numerological systems from around our world, alongside present-day
computer codes. These encryptions are
developed into complex patterns, yielding abstractions evocative of ancient
textiles, wall graffiti, and partially erased blackboards. Using a wide array
of gestures – from delicate tracery to incising with a stick, there are single
strokes of large antique sumi-brushes to finger marks dragging paints across
the surface. Each piece becomes its own offering to the basic elements of our
natural systems, a modern mandala with new possibilities.
Tao generates one. One
generates two, two generates three. Three generates all things.
Lao Tsu
Catherine
Eaton Skinner, 2018
galleryFRITZ
505 820 1888
galleryfritz.com
Santa Fe Railyard 540 South Guadalupe Street Santa Fe, New Mexico
TETHERED BY LOVE LED.II electric LED reader board, wood, lead sheeting 13 x 21 x 3.50 in
BINARY 108.Iencaustic oil stick on panel 54 x 48 in
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