This new group of paintings and drawings, “equipoise”, is a further exploration of “life studies”, a Pulse exhibition at MOCA Cleveland (2006).
The lines and colors of these paintings and drawings celebrate the complexity and necessity of equilibrium in nature and in human affairs.
The lines are borrowed gestures of my wet hair. The colors are chosen sequentially based on the manufacturing numbers of Shiva casein paint.
Layering the motifs of these paintings, based on simple rules, creates a system of complexity, richness and chance.
The post-modern means of using “ready-mades” and working with simple rules reflect the Taoist precept of (wu wei), of not forcing and letting things be.
Peggy Kwong-Gordon, 2009
Peggy Kwong-Gordon was born in Guangzhou, China , and attended Universities in the United States. She holds a B.S. (chemistry) from the University of California, Berkeley (1955) and a M.F.A. (painting and design) from Carnegie-Mellon University (1965). She was on the art faculty at Western Reserve Academy (1974-1985). She taught painting and design (adjunct prof.) at Kent State University (1975-1998)
The lines and colors of these paintings and drawings celebrate the complexity and necessity of equilibrium in nature and in human affairs.
The lines are borrowed gestures of my wet hair. The colors are chosen sequentially based on the manufacturing numbers of Shiva casein paint.
Layering the motifs of these paintings, based on simple rules, creates a system of complexity, richness and chance.
The post-modern means of using “ready-mades” and working with simple rules reflect the Taoist precept of (wu wei), of not forcing and letting things be.
Peggy Kwong-Gordon, 2009
Peggy Kwong-Gordon was born in Guangzhou, China , and attended Universities in the United States. She holds a B.S. (chemistry) from the University of California, Berkeley (1955) and a M.F.A. (painting and design) from Carnegie-Mellon University (1965). She was on the art faculty at Western Reserve Academy (1974-1985). She taught painting and design (adjunct prof.) at Kent State University (1975-1998)
Peggy Kwong-Gordon
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