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 Carol Ring
Born 1942, Ventura, CA
EDUCATION
Otis School of Art, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Santa Barbara
EXHIBITIONS/AWARDS/COLLECTIONS
“Small Images” Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA • Sept-Oct 2002
“Urban Quilts” solo show, Forbes Hall, Santa Monica, CA • July 5-27, 2003
“Crafting the Los Angeles Experience” The Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA (Honorable Mention) • Oct. 1-23, 2005
“Totally Square” solo show, Forbes Hall, Santa Monica, CA • Aug. 5-27, 2006
“Snap to Grid” Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA •
Sept. 14-Oct 1, 2006
“Two Photographers” Artists’ Showcase Series, Bank of America, Brentwood, CA • Oct 15, 2006 - Feb 2007
“Modernism Today” City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs / World Airports-LAX Bradley International Terminal, Los Angeles, CA • Oct 10, 2006 - Feb 18, 2007
Western Asset Management, London, England
and various Los Angeles collections
URBAN QUILTS
“Seeking a more personal expression than the graphic design I've done for so long, five years ago I began to photograph details of my surroundings as I drove around town. These snapshots—of coloful signage, graffiti, rust stains, peeling paint, and other elements of urban blight—felt fresh and vital to me. When I grouped them and brightened them in Photoshop, they began
to look like urban quilts.
“Layers of life constantly build up and decay around us. Interacting with this process is like being part of an anonymous cooperative venture. Some of the images I shot two years ago have been painted over or modified. New elements—graffiti, stickers, posters—have cropped up and are themselves beginning to decay.
“In each of my urban quilts, I try to capture and blend a few of these scraps of perception, and present them as abstractions worthy of our view.”
—Carol Ring |
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