JAN KIRSTEIN RIGOR
ART EXHIBIT: JAN KIRSTEIN RIGOR AND BRANDON SMITH
The Creative Process Using Mixed-Media Collage. . .
My Mixed-Media Collage Journey began over 30 years ago when I was in an MFA program at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Graduate school had me so stressed out that, ironically, I couldn’t paint. Everything I painted looked so bad that one day in complete frustration I tore up one of my failing paintings and threw it on the floor. To my complete astonishment, I looked down and saw that the pieces looked fabulous all flung together and lying on top of one another. I realized that sometimes you just have to change your perspective and orientation to perceive and create.. And my process of placing random pieces together became closely related to the process of the I Ching, where one receives answers to questions by tossing yarrow stalks or coins as a means of communing with the universal.😃😃😃
https://www.rauschenbergfoundation.org/
I would like to express my deep gratitude to the Rauschenberg Foundation for awarding me an emergency grant this Summer to enable me to complete surgery to prevent me from losing my vision, which is so important to my art. I am forever grateful to this organization created to honor the well known visual artist Robert Rauschenberg, who is one of my favorite artists.
Rauschenberg
1925-2008
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“Janis: Your work is refreshing, beautiful, and inspiring. Makes me want to sling paint! I’m slowly migrating toward abstraction. Thanks for reminding me why.” David
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