Some insights on the creation of my newest body of work… “Celestial Bodies” in this Warholian interview. http://warholian.com/2015/06/christy-lee-rogers/
“All the Colours Bleed into One” Christy Lee Rogers
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“CELESTIAL BODIES”OPENS IN MEXICO CITY
Let There Be Art Gallery, Mexico City is pleased to announce part one of Christy Lee Rogers’ most extensive and ambitious exhibition to date, Celestial Bodies. The collection features new large-scale color photographs, star and cloud time-lapse, water and interpretations of space video installations and wood relief sculptures. Her new work explores the human condition and spirit through the gravitationally bound structures of the universe, expanding on and transporting her already imposing vision, literally into the stratosphere.
A portion of the photography collection is dedicated to Rogers’ interpretation of the dualistic nature of the universe. She explores the idea of the two opposing, yet complementary forces into which creative energy divides and whose fusion brings the phenomenal world into being, with double images that take one in time and space into her classical yet futuristic world.
Christy Lee Rogers’ Celestial Bodies will run at LTB Art from August 6 to September 6, 2015, with an opening reception, artist in attendance on Thursday, August 6 from 6 to 9 pm.
For over a decade Rogers has imagined elaborate scenes of otherworldly colours and entwined bodies that celebrate humankind’s vigor and warmth. She crafted her vision for Celestial Bodies by using models submerged underwater in deftly designed scenarios, photographed in her native home of Hawaii, that conjure the deepest depths of our world and at the same time the furthest reaches of space, in a profoundly human context.This connection between water and space is explored in a way that shows the beauty, freedom and conversely the struggle and complexity of the human condition (a recurring motif in Rogers’ work). The two vast expanses (ocean and space) are juxtaposed, their order and chaos, and one’s feeling of being infinitesimal, yet feeling the wonder of being a part of the universe at large. These basic emotions that caused the Ancient Greeks and other past civilizations to compose myths to explain the awesome power and majesty of deep sea and space are at the core of Rogers’ Celestial Bodies.ABOUT THE ARTIST
Christy Lee Rogers is a visual artist from Kailua, Hawaii. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including The Honolulu Museum of Art, a retrospective show at the Angers Opéra House in France, where she was given a medal of honor by the city of Angers, Carrousel Du Louve, Paris, LTB Art, Mexico City and her first solo show (in July 2015) at Art Labor in Shanghai, China. The London Independent describes her work as a mix of Masters – the vivid hues of Titian, the straining bodies of Rubens, the sun-dappling chiaroscuro of Caravaggio, but also the loose brushstrokes and fluid movement of Delacroix. Rogers’ is currently a finalist for the Contemporary Art Price at the François Schneider Foundation, France, winners being announced on May29th; and her “Reckless Unbound” is housed at Longleat House in the UK; the stately home, which is the seat of the Marquesses of Bath and also home to Renaissance gems of the Italian masters, like Titan’s “Rest on the Flight into Egypt.”To view more images from the collection visit:
Christy Lee Rogers is a visual artist from Kailua, Hawaii. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including The Honolulu Museum of Art, a retrospective show at the Angers Opéra House in France, where she was given a medal of honor by the city of Angers, Carrousel Du Louve, Paris, LTB Art, Mexico City and her first solo show (in July 2015) at Art Labor in Shanghai, China. The London Independent describes her work as a mix of Masters – the vivid hues of Titian, the straining bodies of Rubens, the sun-dappling chiaroscuro of Caravaggio, but also the loose brushstrokes and fluid movement of Delacroix. Rogers’ is currently a finalist for the Contemporary Art Price at the François Schneider Foundation, France, winners being announced on May29th; and her “Reckless Unbound” is housed at Longleat House in the UK; the stately home, which is the seat of the Marquesses of Bath and also home to Renaissance gems of the Italian masters, like Titan’s “Rest on the Flight into Egypt.”To view more images from the collection visit:
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Ciudad de Mexico, 11560
TEL. +521(55)6587-8668 | info@ltbart.com | www.ltbart.com
