CLOSING RECEPTION: Leah Rosenberg October 5, 2008

LEAH ROSENBERG

About Rounds
Curated by Brianna Toth

Leah Rosenberg’s paintings are time and process-based works that combine elements of layering, systems of accrual, and color. By allowing and encouraging the build up of paint to act in a three-dimensional manner, the medium begins to take on its own sculptural shape and functions as a means by which to mark the passage of time.

Rosenberg’s selection of color is based on personal systems that can be derived from the text of a book she is reading, a telephone call home to Saskatchewan, or the colors of the clothing worn by people who visit her studio throughout that day. Each piece is a concentration of many “paintings" – "paintings" here understood as a gerund: a series of consecutively painted actions.

About Rounds demonstrates Rosenberg's use of rhythm and layering, and combines that process with site-specific elements. Her incorporation of the two mirrors already existing in the space emphasize the cyclical nature of her creative process and physical work: by reflecting her paintings on top of one another, she adds yet another visual layer to her panels, which are already lathered in paint.

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Leah Rosenberg was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan and currently resides in San Francisco. She holds a BFA from Emily Carr Institute of Art in Vancouver, British Columbia and an MFA from the California College of Art in San Francisco. Rosenberg currently exhibits in both San Francisco and Vancouver. She is the recipient of the Richard K. Price Scholarship, Merit Scholarship from the California College of the Arts and was a Tournesol Award nominee.

www.leahrosenberg.org

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