Please join us for the Opening Reception of the exhibition,
Body as a Metaphor
with works by Cindy Robinson and Katherine Binder-Forloney.
These two artists were selected and awarded an exhibit in 2019 for their entries in the 2018 CSF Symposium Exhibit; The Integration of Art, Science and Medicine
Opening reception at:
The Alpert Medical School of Brown University
222 Richmond Street, Providence, RI 02912
Friday, November 22, 2019 * 5:30 – 7:30 pm
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Artist Biography : Cindy Robinson
Cindy is a self-taught artist working full time in her Greenville, South Carolina studio. Most recently she studied under Pauline Agnew in Cork, Ireland (2017), and Martin Campos in Competa, Spain (2018). She has exhibited in several galleries in New England and Miami Florida, including Gallery Z (and Studio Z, Providence, RI), Blu Egg Interiors (Miami, FL), Hope Gallery (Bristol, RI), Mill Gallery (Pawtucket, RI), Art Space and Time Gallery, and at high-end interior design showrooms in Chicago and New York (Summer Thornton Design and Blythe Design Studio). Her painting “Lips” was selected by the Santa Fe Opera Company to be the official portrait for their production of “Carmen” (2014).
In 2018, she won first place in the Art League Rhode Island (ALRI) and Brown University competitive exhibition, “The Integration of Art, Science, and Medicine,” CSF Symposium Exhibit (June 11-13, 2018), with her painting, “Deep into that darkness.”
Artist Statement
“Parsing Fragments of the Mind”
In this series of abstract expressionist pieces, I use the full spectrum of my emotional palette to interpret metaphors used in everyday life as unfamiliar subjects of our mental states through pure abstraction and semi abstract interpretations. Using color, forms and figures, I tune my images with warmth of color, markings, even letters to create something tangible to take home.
Artist Biography : Katherine Elizabeth Binder-Forloney
Katherine is a graduate of Parsons School of Design and holds a graduate degree in Clinical Prosthetics as well as a Masters in Science in Acupuncture. She has published work in a variety of Prosthetic journals, as well as co-authored and illustrated chapters for two textbooks developed for physical therapists, rehabilitation residents, practicing physiatrists, and physicians in other specialties seeing physical rehabilitation patients. In addition, her work has been shown in a number galleries and museums, earning awards at juried fine art exhibitions.
Artist Statement
These paintings reference the medical illustrations produced during the Age of Enlightenment as they share both a particular aesthetic as well as a lens in which to order the world and our place in it. My studies as an acupuncturist and prosthetist strongly influence the imagery as well as the themes explored. The constraints of the human body, its fragility and mortality as well the strength of the human spirit all serve as points of examination. It is this endeavor to capture an image, at once familiar and new, evoking a sense of shared experience and compassion, which drives my work. The search for truth is very often a search for self. I often use gold and sacred geometry to evoke the perfection found in nature. Both feel like they are manipulated by man even though they occur naturally.
