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McMurtrey Gallery is pleased to announce Marianne Green's upcoming exhibit of new paintings. As with all of Ms. Green's work, pattern plays an essential role. As she explains,
I am continuing my exploration of pattern as a vehicle for visualizing, summarizing, and communicating characteristics of my world. I'm interested in the formal structure of pattern - its fundamental use of line, composition, and form - as a means for making a painting. The two-dimensionality of painting with its emphasis on surface enables me to incorporate ornamentation, superficial facades and artifice – all critical concepts in the fashion lexicon. My choice of pattern - sometimes nostalgic, other times contemplative - has little to do with any commentary on a particular era or stylistic trend, but is based more on an intuitive process that reflects the relationship between figure and ground.
Working as a model in the fashion industry for 26 years - now retired - has been a vital part of what has always informed the work. My existence in such a physically-oriented environment with great emphasis on the surface and where all modes of communication were non-verbal, driven by the use of one's body as a form of display, illusion, and an ideal, has surprisingly become the foundation on which these paintings are made.
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However, the beauty of Ms. Green's paintings is more than just skin deep. Her process of painting and then sanding down the surface reveals hints of underlying layers, creating a sense of mystery and visual intrigue.
Marianne Green received her M.F.A. from the University of Houston in 1997. Her exhibitions include: "Disparate Housewife," Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, TX; “Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2000," juried by Terrie Sultan; The Galveston Arts Center; Juried Exhibition at McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas; The Blaffer Gallery Art Museum at the University of Houston; University of Texas at San Antonio; University of Texas Performing Art Center, Austin, TX; and Santa Chiara Art Center, Castiglione Fiorentino, Italy. Her work is included in both private and public collections.
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 Marianne Green 2007 Bio
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