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Lauren Roche

Statement:

I approach my studio practice with vulnerability and curiosity. My aesthetic is often rooted in autobiography and grapples with the elusive territories of the imagination and memory.

In my work, female nudes and animals interact in abstracted interior and exterior spaces. These figures bend and reach in gestures of empathetic connection, revealing solidarity between impassive yet vulnerable forms. My figures inhabit aural, dreamlike settings, which I create using rough fields of color and gestural paint strokes. My visual influences come from classical Greek mythology, handmade embroideries, weavings, domestic interiors, music and my vivid dreamworld. I create paintings that examine balance and unease at once: female nudes engage in ritualistic acts, cats and dogs live harmoniously, and wild animals appear tame and indoors. All creatures share the same stripes, spots, and gestures, but given these figures in their domestic context, harm is still a looming threat. I am self taught, and use paper, acrylic paint and pen as materials for physically exploring my thoughts and emotions, which are transformed into a visual narrative.

These cotton fabrics comes from the early 20th century, used for agriculture purposes and it’s a symbol of resilience, passing through a period marked by the World Wars, The Great Depression, The Boll Weevil pest impact and a phase of rapid scientific discovery, standardization, mass production, industrialization and women participation in the labor force.

The mending is done by the farmers that had used them in the past, Lauren has done some very minor mending but the stitching you will see on the feedsacks is actually done by the people that used the textiles for utility purposes for many generations in the USA. “

Bio

Born in Santa Rosa, Califórnia in 1983 - Lauren dela Roche is a self-taught artist that currently lives and works in a cabin in rural Minnesota, MN. An avid reader, Roche cites the magical realist novels of Murakami and Kathy Acker’s punk poetry as influential to her practice. Roche has shown at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, the Delphian Gallery in London, Sean Horton in New York, Bockley Gallery in Minneapolis, the Material Fair (2020), Mexico City among other venues. She was a recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant (2018) and today her works are in the collections of the North Dakota Museum of Art and the Minneapolis Institute of Art along with numerous private collections. Lauren was awarded the Joan Mitchell Foundation’s Painters and Sculptors Grant (2018) and was a recipient of the 2012-2013 Jerome Foundation Visual Arts Fellowship.


Abordo a minha prática de estúdio com vulnerabilidade e curiosidade. A minha estética está muitas vezesenraizada na autobiografia e agarra-se aos territórios elusivos da imaginação e da memória.

No meu trabalho, mulheres nuas e animais interagem em espaços interiores e exteriores abstratos. Essas figuras dobram-se e alcançam através de gestos empáticos, revelando solidariedade entre formas impassíveis mas

vulneráveis. As minhas figuras habitam configurações aurais e oníricas que eu crio usando campos ásperos de cores e pinceladas gestuais. As minhas influências visuais vêm da mitologia grega clássica, de bordados feitos à mão, tecelagens, interiores domésticos, música e também do vivo mundo dos meus sonhos. Crio pinturas que examinam o equilíbrio e o desconforto de uma só vez: mulheres nuas envolvem-se em atos ritualísticos, gatos e cães vivem harmoniosamente e os animais selvagens parecem mansos, dentro de casa. Todas as criaturas compartilham as mesmas listras, manchas e gestos, mas dadas essas figuras no seu contexto doméstico, o mal

ainda é uma ameaça iminente. Sou autodidata, uso papel, tinta acrílica e caneta como materiais para explorar fisicamente meus pensamentos e emoções, transformados numa narrativa visual.

Bio

Nascida em Santa Rosa, Califórnia, em 1983 - Lauren de la Roche é uma artista autodidata que atualmente vive e trabalha em uma cabana na zona rural de Minnesota, MN. Uma ávida leitora, Roche cita os romances realistas mágicos de Murakami e a poesia punk de Kathy Acker, muito influentes em sua prática. Roche tem exposto na Tyler School of Art em Filadélfia, a Galeria Delphian em Londres, Sean Horton em Nova York, Bockley Gallery em Minneapolis, a Material Fair (2020) na Cidade do México entre outros. Recebeu a Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant (2018) e hoje suas obras estão nas coleções do Museu de Arte da Dakota do Norte e do Instituto de Arte de Minneapolis, juntamente com muitas coleções privadas. Lauren foi premiada com o Joan Mitchell Foundation’s Painters and Sculptors Grant (2018) e foi uma das premiadas da Jerome Foundation Visual Arts Fellowship de 2012-2013.

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Lauren Past Exhibition View: “Do Sandclocks Dream Of The Wind?” - Jun 2022

Jun 22 “Do SandClocks Dream of the Wind?” exhibition view | image: Matilde Fieschi