Cohesion Collision December 1, 2011

The Haggus Society presents Cohesion Collision, images from the Psychomachia series by R.L. Gibson. Thiswork reinterprets the Seven Deadly Sins and the Seven Holy Virtues in a series of 14 diptychs.

My work habit is to explore the physical reality of my reverence for human potential with self as other as reoccurring content. The Psychomachia series, challenged me to not rely on facial expression. While every face is unique, humanity regardless of culture or language recognizes facial expression as the key to discovering the true soul.Limiting use of the face allowed me to further explore the physicaluniqueness upon which the Seven Deadly Sins & Seven Holy Virtues provide the crux of judgement allowing acceptance of the physical.

Gibson works, almost exclusively as a Xerographist, producing complicated layered compositions and then hand-transferring these images to a variety of substrates resulting in a unique monotype.

Xerography, as a medium, has neither a standard place in institutional art instruction nor a documented history. Gibson has spent years refining her hand-palatted technique. The skips are not flaws but the unique result of the process.

In addition to producing her own work and work in collaboration with other artists, Gibson also runs ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, a fun and quirky, food-themed art blog that offers reviews of emerging artists, shows from great galleries, and FREE Art Deadlines and Calls for Entry as an artists resource.

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