Nas Nuvens: Perspectives of Two
Louise Deroualle and Molly Peacock
Ephemerality and permanence. Solitude and connection. Vulnerability and resilience. These are the contradictions considered by artists Louise Deroualle and Molly Peacock in their current bodies of work created over the last year.
As the global pandemic changed the world, both artists experienced their connection to the landscape as a solace to isolation. The ever-changing environments just outside of their doors became the foundation for two very diverse interpretations of our fragile and ephemeral world.
Deroualle’s process involves compressing the dark clay into a frame which constrains the form much like a window constrains a view, and then the image is painted with wax encaustic. The encaustic material itself is fragile and ephemeral, while the clay is permanent and solid. Peacock’s forms are hand-built; solid and tactile. The fragility is expressed in the form itself, where the voluminous cloud shape perches atop thin spires, forcing the viewer to confront a sense of precariousness. Both collections strive to make sense of a world where we all share a heightened sense of vulnerability and upheaval.
The exhibit, as a whole, balances between a sense of quiet contemplation and uneasy tension. Two perspectives, approaching the same experience, on exhibit here.
As the global pandemic changed the world, both artists experienced their connection to the landscape as a solace to isolation. The ever-changing environments just outside of their doors became the foundation for two very diverse interpretations of our fragile and ephemeral world.
Deroualle’s process involves compressing the dark clay into a frame which constrains the form much like a window constrains a view, and then the image is painted with wax encaustic. The encaustic material itself is fragile and ephemeral, while the clay is permanent and solid. Peacock’s forms are hand-built; solid and tactile. The fragility is expressed in the form itself, where the voluminous cloud shape perches atop thin spires, forcing the viewer to confront a sense of precariousness. Both collections strive to make sense of a world where we all share a heightened sense of vulnerability and upheaval.
The exhibit, as a whole, balances between a sense of quiet contemplation and uneasy tension. Two perspectives, approaching the same experience, on exhibit here.
