“SCRIBBLING FOR DUMMIES”



MOXIE DADA announces Connie Cantor’s second solo exhibition, “SCRIBBLING FOR DUMMIES”, JUNE 6 – 20, 2009. Connie has been exploring with lines and unconscious marks to produce a dialogue of which cannot be heard. Her new series challenges us to use our own intuition by offering an interactive “scribbling” – making our own marks and creating our own dialogues. These marks come from an inner dialogue and expression… uncovering patterns and conversations within our selves.




FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC





Artist Statement

I am interested in the intuitive mark as language: a somatic alphabet of physical expression. I am pulled to the inherent fertility of the impulsive, effortless line as it breeds and grows from within. The work is instinctive and playful: what I call “scribbling for dummies.”  I begin with an energy behind a stroke of the brush or pen—whether vigorous or methodical—and follow its lead allowing unexpected patterns and forms to emerge. A dialogue takes shape between the body of the artist and the body of the artwork, drawn from a visceral dialect of call and response. There is an intelligence here, that cannot be accessed through speech or hearing.  The intelligence is in the movement stripped of plan. The deeper the surrender of outcome, the more vital the conversation.



Bio:

Connie Cantor is an artist and teacher of intuitive expression. Her current work explores the peculiar pleasures of playful scribbles and random, effortless forms in what she calls “another way of speaking.” She has taught Experimental Drawing and classes on creative recovery at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts and Touchstone Center for Crafts in Farmington, PA, and holds workshops in her Lawrenceville studio in creative risk-taking. Ms. Cantor is a member of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh where she recently exhibited an award-winning work, "Disturbance as a Second Language" at the Andy Warhol Museum. Her work is shown and sold in numerous galleries in the Pittsburgh area including Moxie Dada, FE gallery, Gallerie Chiz, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Fein Gallery, Digging Pitt, Studio G and The Brew House Space 101.



We invite you for a free & open to the public reception on Saturday, June 6, 2009 from 6-9 PM. The exhibit runs through June 20.





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