Carol Trice
Short Story Series
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July 20 - August 29, 2017
Ro2 Art at The Magnolia |
Ro2 Art is pleased to present ‘Short Stories,’ a solo exhibition featuring new works by artist Carol Trice. The show will run from July 20 through August 29, 2017. There will be an opening reception held Thursday, July 20, from 6 to 8pm at The Magnolia Theatre, Second Floor Lounge, located at 3699 McKinney Avenue, Suite 100 at The West Village in Dallas, Texas.
Carol Trice’s textile paintings evoke a familiar sensation of connectedness, illustrating the intersections and ties that are found in interpersonal relationships. Her bold, thick lines are emblematic of the fleeting and the sometimes intense interactions that people encounter on a regular basis. Her works are made using dense black thread that intersects and laces along a gridded background. Some of the pieces are methodical while others are disorderly, mimicking the experience of human interaction, whether brief or prolonged. Carol Trice’s pieces are exquisitely representative of daily colloquies. |
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ARTIST
Carol Trice |
Carol Trice is a textile artist using line and texture to explore human interaction in monochromatic textile paintings. The 'Connections' series, which relies on strips of black fabric applied to a white whole cloth background, brought national recognition with two pieces juried into Quilts=Art=Quilts at The Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center in Auburn, NY in fall 2013. Connections #13 was juried into Quilt National 2015, a biennial juried exhibition considered by many as the premier textile art show in the world, and is included in the two-year traveling exhibition. Trice debuted the Short series in her first solo exhibit in February 2016 at the Goodrich Gallery in Dallas, TX. Featuring smaller works mounted on canvas in the same monochromatic palette and grid-like motif, 'Short Stories' continues the exploration of line and texture. Locally, Trice was juried into the New Texas Talent 2014, a juried exhibit for Texas based emerging artists. Trice has received several awards in local shows sponsored by Texas Visual Arts Association. Born on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Carol now resides in Dallas, TX.
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ARTIST STATEMENT
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In fiction, a short story is an abbreviated tale, but is still considered complete in its own right. The "Short Stories" series uses the line to tell the story of human connection in monochromatic textile paintings.
The Short Story series explores the many facets of interaction with a grid or hashtag motif in thick black thread on a densely-stitched backdrop using pale thread colors. Lines cluster, cross, or intertwine implying intimacy. Heated conversations are depicted with line slicing across the surface in a frenzy. Sometimes lines never touch but may come in close proximity as if in a polite, casual conversation. |
