March 30 - May 11, 2020
From the gallery:
“Moody Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by Tracye Wear. Botanicals, on view March 30 – May 11, 2021, marks Wear’s forth solo exhibition at the gallery since 2016. The exhibition features a new series of graphite drawings, oil stick drawings, ceramic vessels and sculptures which reflect her process as she developed this body of work. Wear is inspired by her combined interests in Cubist and early 20th Century sculpture with natural forms found in her garden.
“In July, 2020, after completing a long project of ceramic work, I sat down and sketched out a new body of work. As my isolation during the pandemic continued, those sketches turned into detailed, intricate drawing of seeds and bulbs from my garden, dried plants friends left in my mailbox and sometimes interesting shaped fruits and vegetables from the grocery store.
I set up a drawing challenge so that I would take time to closely examine these objects in order to later inform shapes and surfaces for ceramic pieces.
The sketches quickly became formal pencil drawings taking weeks to complete.
Simultaneously I began drawing the same objects with oil pigment sticks. Simplifying the images, these drawings sussed out shapes and movement and color. All the drawings reference plants and pods that reoccur in my work or define new forms. The forced isolation in my studio allowed me the time to slow down, look closely and linger over structural details of the many objects I have collected over years from my garden and yard.” -Tracye Wear”
On View: March 30, 2021 | 10:30 am – 5 pm
2815 Colquitt Street
Houston, 77098 TX
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