Letitia Eldredge: Interior Recesses of an Untitled Circus
Letitia Eldredge - Zen Angels
Where: Ro2 Art DOWNTOWN
110 N. Akard, Dallas, Texas 75201
When: Saturday, November 19, 7-10pm
Contact: Jordan Roth, 214-803-9575 – [email protected]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
UPDATE: Performance Scheduled - Tuesday, Dec. 9, 7-9pm
Ro2 Art is proud to present a new exhibition by Texas artist Letitia Eldredge entitled Interior Recesses of An Untitled Circus. The opening reception will take place Saturday, November 19 from 7 to 10pm, and will run through December 15, 2011. The exhibition will take place at Ro2 Art's Downtown space, located at 110 N. Akard Street, between Main and Elm, on the ground floor of the historic Kirby Building.
This special exhibition of the art of Letitia Eldredge explores an uncommon story with heroines and archetypes fetched from her animate world of Character Art of the "Changing Stories Child.” Included works are executed in various media; oil and gouache painting, ceramic arts, and from stories and images captured in her writings and sketchbooks.
Artist Statement
In the intimate Ro2 Art Downtown gallery setting, suggestive figurative contents find their way through vibrant sequels dissolving into abstraction. The Untitled Circus story has a literary underpinning, hinting at subliminal forces shaping the artist's unique, otherworldly perspective. For Letitia Eldredge, the mask is used to unveil the mystery of introverted existence, transforming subtle trails of mind into pointed expressions of art.
About Letitia Eldredge
Letitia Eldredge's lifetime of commitment and dedication to art has led to the mastery of several different media. Well known for her masks and original paintings in gouache and oil, she has created a unique style resulting in dramatic figurative concepts that evolve from clay and canvas to dance design and performance art theater. Her ideas are poetic and passionate, imbued with humor and eroticism. She tells an intimate mythological human story configured as conceptual symbolism. Her's is an intuitive exploration of emotional and philosophical insights that connect her world to an ancient archetypal resource of inspiration. Through dreams and an underpinning of creative writing, Letitia examines her culture, milieu, and existence with a spiritual dedication.
Letitia began her art education at Sophie Newcomb College, but soon returned to Texas to attend University of Texas at Austin. There she met with two influential professors: Charles Umlauf, notable Texas figure sculptor, and Vincent Mariani, who corresponded with her along more conceptual lines of inquiry. Mariani also put the challenge and opportunity in place for her attendance at Cleveland Institute of Art. This venue put her talents in the way of extraordinary modern artists and focused her early career toward New York and international collaborations.
In 1968, Letitia's ceramic art was collected by the Cleveland Museum of Art. In 1973 she debuted her very original, performance art with ceramics and masks, before a select audience of MOMA trustees, ushering her on stage at LaMama ETC in New York City. By this time, Letitia had come into contact with Thomas Messer, then director of the Guggenheim Museum of Art, who put his support behind her ideas with various critiques and introductions. With this production and Hotsun Company she subsequently toured 5 Texas museums. She made her way on to debut in Paris at Theatre d'Orsay (1974) in response to a special invitation from Jean Louis Barrault. In 1976-1978 she received the NEA Expansion Arts Grant then returned to Paris for the International Communications Agency. She was guest artist for Festival d'Autome at Centre Americain (1980). Letitia is a MacDowell Colony Fellow, a Franklin Furnace Archive alum and recipient of several research and teaching Fellowships including the Franzheim Synergy Trust. She has had many one-woman exhibitions including: the Denver Art Museum; The Institute for Diplomatic Relations in Kiev, Ukraine; Museum der Kurnst, Vaduz; Liechtenstein; Gallerie Alexander Iolas, Paris. Letitia has enjoyed a teaching and lecture series at The University of the Americas, Puebla, Puebla Mexico; the Instituto de Allende of San Miguel; University of Nice, France; Mesa State College, Colorado; University of Houston; Rice University and Texas Christian University.
About Ro2 Art:
Mother-and-son partners Susan Roth Romans and Jordan Roth operate Ro2 Art, a full-service gallery and consultancy with spaces in the Uptown and Downtown areas of Dallas, working with a diverse group of contemporary artists, most with ties to the North Texas Region. At present, Ro2 focuses on the exhibition and sale of work in all visual media, through a fine art gallery space in the West Village of Uptown Dallas, and a progressive, intimate gallery in the historic Kirby Building in Downtown Dallas.
All works will be on view November 19 through December 15, 2011. Please join us for the opening reception Saturday, November 19 from 7 to 10pm at Ro2 Art Downtown, located at 110 N. Akard Street, between Main and Elm. For more information, visit www.Ro2art.com or call Jordan Roth at (214) 803-9575.
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110 N. Akard, Dallas, Texas 75201
When: Saturday, November 19, 7-10pm
Contact: Jordan Roth, 214-803-9575 – [email protected]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
UPDATE: Performance Scheduled - Tuesday, Dec. 9, 7-9pm
Ro2 Art is proud to present a new exhibition by Texas artist Letitia Eldredge entitled Interior Recesses of An Untitled Circus. The opening reception will take place Saturday, November 19 from 7 to 10pm, and will run through December 15, 2011. The exhibition will take place at Ro2 Art's Downtown space, located at 110 N. Akard Street, between Main and Elm, on the ground floor of the historic Kirby Building.
This special exhibition of the art of Letitia Eldredge explores an uncommon story with heroines and archetypes fetched from her animate world of Character Art of the "Changing Stories Child.” Included works are executed in various media; oil and gouache painting, ceramic arts, and from stories and images captured in her writings and sketchbooks.
Artist Statement
In the intimate Ro2 Art Downtown gallery setting, suggestive figurative contents find their way through vibrant sequels dissolving into abstraction. The Untitled Circus story has a literary underpinning, hinting at subliminal forces shaping the artist's unique, otherworldly perspective. For Letitia Eldredge, the mask is used to unveil the mystery of introverted existence, transforming subtle trails of mind into pointed expressions of art.
About Letitia Eldredge
Letitia Eldredge's lifetime of commitment and dedication to art has led to the mastery of several different media. Well known for her masks and original paintings in gouache and oil, she has created a unique style resulting in dramatic figurative concepts that evolve from clay and canvas to dance design and performance art theater. Her ideas are poetic and passionate, imbued with humor and eroticism. She tells an intimate mythological human story configured as conceptual symbolism. Her's is an intuitive exploration of emotional and philosophical insights that connect her world to an ancient archetypal resource of inspiration. Through dreams and an underpinning of creative writing, Letitia examines her culture, milieu, and existence with a spiritual dedication.
Letitia began her art education at Sophie Newcomb College, but soon returned to Texas to attend University of Texas at Austin. There she met with two influential professors: Charles Umlauf, notable Texas figure sculptor, and Vincent Mariani, who corresponded with her along more conceptual lines of inquiry. Mariani also put the challenge and opportunity in place for her attendance at Cleveland Institute of Art. This venue put her talents in the way of extraordinary modern artists and focused her early career toward New York and international collaborations.
In 1968, Letitia's ceramic art was collected by the Cleveland Museum of Art. In 1973 she debuted her very original, performance art with ceramics and masks, before a select audience of MOMA trustees, ushering her on stage at LaMama ETC in New York City. By this time, Letitia had come into contact with Thomas Messer, then director of the Guggenheim Museum of Art, who put his support behind her ideas with various critiques and introductions. With this production and Hotsun Company she subsequently toured 5 Texas museums. She made her way on to debut in Paris at Theatre d'Orsay (1974) in response to a special invitation from Jean Louis Barrault. In 1976-1978 she received the NEA Expansion Arts Grant then returned to Paris for the International Communications Agency. She was guest artist for Festival d'Autome at Centre Americain (1980). Letitia is a MacDowell Colony Fellow, a Franklin Furnace Archive alum and recipient of several research and teaching Fellowships including the Franzheim Synergy Trust. She has had many one-woman exhibitions including: the Denver Art Museum; The Institute for Diplomatic Relations in Kiev, Ukraine; Museum der Kurnst, Vaduz; Liechtenstein; Gallerie Alexander Iolas, Paris. Letitia has enjoyed a teaching and lecture series at The University of the Americas, Puebla, Puebla Mexico; the Instituto de Allende of San Miguel; University of Nice, France; Mesa State College, Colorado; University of Houston; Rice University and Texas Christian University.
About Ro2 Art:
Mother-and-son partners Susan Roth Romans and Jordan Roth operate Ro2 Art, a full-service gallery and consultancy with spaces in the Uptown and Downtown areas of Dallas, working with a diverse group of contemporary artists, most with ties to the North Texas Region. At present, Ro2 focuses on the exhibition and sale of work in all visual media, through a fine art gallery space in the West Village of Uptown Dallas, and a progressive, intimate gallery in the historic Kirby Building in Downtown Dallas.
All works will be on view November 19 through December 15, 2011. Please join us for the opening reception Saturday, November 19 from 7 to 10pm at Ro2 Art Downtown, located at 110 N. Akard Street, between Main and Elm. For more information, visit www.Ro2art.com or call Jordan Roth at (214) 803-9575.
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