NURSE – A show of drawings and sculptures by Cynthia Lahti, PDX Contemporary Art
August 30, 2011 – October 1, 2011
“My goal is to create works of art that resonate with honesty and reflect the beauty and chaos of the world. My art is influenced by human artifacts from ancient times to the present, as well as by my personal experiences and emotions. Like the varied objects I draw on for inspiration—from 1940s knitting catalogs and outsider art, to Native American cedar carvings and Degas’ sculptures of dancers—my artworks force an explanation of reality and compel viewers to connect to a larger human experience. I work in various media, including drawing, collage, and sculpture.
Currently I am focusing on ceramic sculpture based on expressive images of the figure I find in a variety of source materials. There are so many figures out there in the world, wearing so many poses and costumes; I find those that resonate and interpret them in clay. Each sculpture expresses an intense inner psychological state, its surface effecting a fluctuating quality, part beautiful, part grotesque.“ Cynthia Lahti
→ Read the interview with Cynthia Lahti, Recognized artist – April 2011
Cynthia Lahti’s profile on Ceramics Now Magazine – View her works
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Address: 925 NW Flanders, Portland, Oregon 97209
Tel.: 503.222.0063
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