| For more information about this article or gallery, please call the gallery phone number listed in the last line of the article, "For more info..." |
October Issue 2006
Corrigan Gallery in Charleston, SC, Features Works by Lese Corrigan
The
new work of Lese Corrigan will be on view at the Corrigan Gallery
LLC, in Charleston, SC, in a show entitled Resonance opening
Oct. 6. The opening coincides with the French Quarter Gallery
Association's fall art walk. The show continues through Nov. 6,
2006, and this opening marks the celebration of the gallery's
first year anniversary. Corrigan's new series explores in a contemporary
context the proportions of the golden rectangle and Fibonacci
numeric sequence and how the application of this law of nature
allows the paintings to resonate with a calm energy.
We consistently seek balance according to Corrigan, and this set of guiding principles in art, science and nature provide it. A basic law of nature is the golden mean also called the divine proportion or sacred geometry. These describe a consistent pattern found in examining such things as the seeds of a sunflower head or the chambers of a nautilus. Classically designed buildings follow the same proportions based on a ratio of 1 to 1.61803. This ratio, documented as early as 300 BC, is found as the underlying structure of nature - the bones so to speak. It is as though things were made according to diagrams handed down from the heavens.
Nature's use and man's application of this ratio provide a sense of quiet and balance. Study of plants' and shells' growth patterns all indicate a systematic design that relates to the numeric series call the Fibonacci sequence. Fibonacci found this sequence in the 13th century through his studies of Arabic numerals. The sequence is established by placing the sum of the two preceding numbers as the next number in the series. Euclid in 4th century BC commented on the pleasing proportion created by the stated ratio and it is believed that the Pythagoreans had documented this even earlier.
Physicists refer to something that works as being elegant. The golden rectangle is elegant; it follows the divine ratio at work. Corrigan's new paintings explore this by establishing canvas dimensions based on the numeric sequence and then recreating a square. Does the placement of the objects on the canvas then occur naturally? Do the objects need to be placed within the canvas accordingly? Does the "structure's" proportion carry the weight of the elegance? How does one incorporate the "golden" nature and the classically tried and true yet create a contemporary work? In the lifelong challenge to create a thing of beauty that is more than another pretty picture, Corrigan seeks to go beyond the traditional while respecting the truth contained in it.
Corrigan, a twenty-first century impressionist, exhibits the clear influence of the French and other European masters of the early 19th and 20th centuries. Adding a contemporary twist in choice of subject matter and composition, homage is paid to those artists who have come before and to life around us. Corrigan produces work that exudes energy and joyous enthusiasm about life.
Corrigan Gallery LLC opened in Sept. 2005 presenting art with a future and backed by intellectual process. Located in the heart of the historic district, the gallery combines the charm of the old city of Charleston with a look to the future. Paintings, drawings, fine art prints, photography and sculpture can be seen. Artists represented include Candice Flewharty, Kevin Bruce Parent, Lolly Koon, John Moore, Beverly Derrick, Kristi Ryba, Sue Simons Wallace, Daryl Knox and Karin Olah.
For further info check our SC Commercial
Gallery listings, call the gallery at 843/722-9868 or at (www.corrigangallery.com).
Carolina Arts is published monthly by Shoestring Publishing
Company, a subsidiary of PSMG, Inc.
Copyright© 2006 by PSMG, Inc., which published Charleston
Arts from July 1987 - Dec. 1994 and South Carolina Arts
from Jan. 1995 - Dec. 1996. It also publishes Carolina Arts
Online, Copyright© 2006 by PSMG, Inc. All rights reserved
by PSMG, Inc. or by the authors of articles. Reproduction or use
without written permission is strictly prohibited. Carolina
Arts is available throughout North & South Carolina.