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| Hydrozoa: Blue Buttons, 14in x 16in, acrylic on canvas, 2013. |
Comfort Station presents
2579 N Milwaukee
Chicago, IL 60647
Fieldnotes
new paintings and etchings
by Renee Robbins
Opening Reception:
Saturday, April 5, 4-7pm
Show Dates:
April 5 -27, 2014
Gallery Talk:
Sunday, April 27, 2pm
Chicago artist Renee Robbins exhibits her recent work of paintings and etchings at Comfort Station in April 2014. Fieldnotes is a reference to the scientific practice of observing variables, taking notes, and making lists. These notations can be seen as a journal of evolving ideas and Robbins uses this system as a way of negotiating between abstraction and representation. Recorded daily on scientific expeditions and adventures, Fieldnotes often include information about an infinite amount of variables such as color, shape, movement, pattern, location, or type of specimen. Oftentimes, the notes are reconfigured for research reports and presentations post-adventure. The artist views this reconfiguring as similar to her technique of pulling together the micro and the macro into one form. For each composition, rather than one specific specimen, there is a multiplicity or blend of many figures. In this way, Robbins’ paintings and etchings are a way to respond to the diversity in the natural world, both in and outside of our human experience
Chicago artist Renee Robbins exhibits her recent work of paintings and etchings at Comfort Station in April 2014. Fieldnotes is a reference to the scientific practice of observing variables, taking notes, and making lists. These notations can be seen as a journal of evolving ideas and Robbins uses this system as a way of negotiating between abstraction and representation. Recorded daily on scientific expeditions and adventures, Fieldnotes often include information about an infinite amount of variables such as color, shape, movement, pattern, location, or type of specimen. Oftentimes, the notes are reconfigured for research reports and presentations post-adventure. The artist views this reconfiguring as similar to her technique of pulling together the micro and the macro into one form. For each composition, rather than one specific specimen, there is a multiplicity or blend of many figures. In this way, Robbins’ paintings and etchings are a way to respond to the diversity in the natural world, both in and outside of our human experience
Renee
Robbins works as a visual artist in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood. She
has a BFA from the University of Kentucky and an MFA from Michigan State
University. Most recently she exhibited at Firecat Projects, La Luz de Jesus
Gallery, Ann Tower Gallery, and the Union League Club. Her other selected exhibitions
include the Alden B Dow Museum of Science and Art, South Bend Art Museum,
Alexandria Museum, and the Kresge Art Museum. The Chicago Gallery News featured
her work as a ‘Young Chicago Artist’ to watch in the May - August 2013 issue.
