2 artists; "ing_process" reconsidered
if it is your nature
or in your nature
if in a material a tool
all hold
a moment for
possibility
"ing_process" reconsidered features the work of two artists, BROOKE HOLVE & CATHERINE RICHARDSON
whose works draw attention to processes of making. Through experimentation, selection of tools, physical and intuitive engagement, each
emphasize formation as process rather than immutable form. They gravitate toward processes that mimic natural occurring phenomena,
ie. freezing, rusting, burning, evaporating.
It is this act of making that bring these two artists together__to reconsider* process (Art = Live).
*Reconsidered here:
archives of history (ie the Dadaisits and Art Povera movements) to excavate for junctures of possibility, inspiration, beginnings
the unknown & untameable to circle
setting up for
to examine the how
while subjecting one’s nature to material and process over and over
considering other ways
& awaiting moments if one should arrive
when the material transforms
The poet William Carlos Williams wrote: To copy nature is a spineless activity;
it gives us a sense of our mere existence but hardly more than that. But to
imitate nature involves the verb: we then ourselves become nature, and so
invent an object which is the extension of the process.
First of more to come: A way to document our collaboration. field notes_1 sets a foundation for the project.
An Exhibit by Brooke and Catherine at the Seager Gray Gallery in Mill Valley, CA in August of 2021.
This site features works (with a link to Catherine’s) that will be changing as the collaboration evolves.
BROOKE HOLVE
Brooke’s physical and poetic approach to constructions and artist books is driven by her desire to materialize language and experience in space. She explores the materials of papers, organza silk, rust, inks, paint, book remnants, and language as she cuts, pastes, writes, scans, glues, sands, tears, prints, screens, rusts, layers, sprays, burns, constructs.
CATHERINE RICHARDSON
https://www.catherinerichardsonart.com
Catherine’s approach is physical and intuitive as she circumnavigates space and materials within the rectangular walls of her work space. She investigates papers,
ink, marble dust, paint, salt as she freezes, thaws, scans, prints, paints,mixes, tears, cuts, squeegees, hammers, nails, sands, glues, sprays, layers, draws.
