new works by Erin Curry 

a more perfect shade of blue

July 27th -August 10th

I'm pleased to announce my current show is up at Full Circle Gallery, the little gallery inside of Gainesville's local art supply store, where my new work returns to the place of its material origins. 

The show is available to see until August 10th and a public reception will be held Saturday, August 4th, 3-5pm. Please join us to say hello and enjoy a few hors d'oeuvres before heading out to your Saturday evening. I'm throughly excited (and relieved) to be able to share this body of work with you for the first time. 
This statement accompanies the work:

We seem to be mesmerized by abstraction; in cloud gazing we make a game of seeking recognizable shapes in the sky, while in more oracular traditions, significance is wrested from coffee grounds and ink blots. My own fascination -and unease- with chaos manifests through the repeated creation and preservation of tangled and amorphous masses in the attempt to find comfort within delicate systems of complexity.

That my materials have their own idiosyncrasies and respond to manipulation in sometimes unexpected ways is central to my process. The linear elements of the Morphosis pieces are printed with graphite powder and thread I spin from cotton fluff on a tiny brass spindle and then allow to tangle beneath my hands. My inks are mixed with other materials to relinquish some control of the final form and color, but allow more opportunity for subtle shifts and surprises. Color has been rare in my work until recently when permutations of blue began surfacing as I found myself thinking of the mind as a fountain of ideas, stories, and memories. The translucency of vellum and other paper layers translate to quiet reveries where interpretations murmur beneath the surface -sometimes audibly.

If you'd like to learn a little more about their making, please visit my studio blog and scroll down a little. If you live too far away to come by in person, some of the Morphosis pieces are available in my new etsy shop.