Carin Riley's Adaptive Traits Explores Etruscan Fibules and Chinese Astrology
Carin Riley's exhibition Adaptive Traits at Smudajescheck Gallery in Ulm, Germany, runs until October 2013. The show combines drawings and paintings that abstract Etruscan fibules, Chinese elements, and Roman mosaics. Riley's work uses wood appliqués and monochromatic ink to diagram natural forms and concepts like cognition and the passage of seasons. A related group show, Knarr: The Vikings, curated by Riley, is on view until May 9 at Queens College Art Center in New York. Riley studied at the School of Visual Arts and the Art Institute of Chicago with John McCracken, Richard Artschwager, and Robert Mangold.
Key facts
- Exhibition Adaptive Traits at Smudajescheck Gallery in Ulm, Germany, until October 2013
- Works include drawings and paintings referencing Etruscan fibules
- Grey and White Athena (2013) is a grey and white acrylic painting
- Wood appliqué drawings use paper-thin wood slivers
- Inspiration from Roman mosaics at Villa at Tor Marancia
- Conversation/Still Life (2013) deconstructs mosaic illusion
- Riley studied at School of Visual Arts and Art Institute of Chicago in the 1970s
- Knarr: The Vikings group show curated by Riley at Queens College Art Center until May 9
Entities
Artists
- Carin Riley
- John McCracken
- Richard Artschwager
- Robert Mangold
- Lao Tzu
Institutions
- Smudajescheck Gallery
- Queens College Art Center
- School of Visual Arts
- Art Institute of Chicago
Locations
- Ulm
- Germany
- New York
- Queens
- Kissena Blvd
- Tor Marancia