Nashville Arts Magazine just posted this on their website on my upcoming exhibit!
The
Parthenon is pleased to announce a new exhibition of artwork by
Nashville artist Lisa Rivas.
Rivas
creates large computer-generated prints on rice paper. “She actively
paints with technology, layer upon layer, creating a complex
environment. The shapes find their origins in Nature manipulated with
the latest technology,” Curator Susan Shockley states.
Rivas visually dives into the
landscape she wishes to portray, showing us a detail of what is already a
detail. She repeats the shape she chooses with delicate and precise
drawing. This is especially evident in Las Botanicas, which is a
series of 10 x 10” natural 
shapes arranged in a grouping to create a large design, just
as the small parts of nature create the larger ecosystem. Her vitally
colored images, based on natural forms and shapes, suggest the
repetition found in Nature. This concept of repetition is well known in
mathematics as the Golden Mean. The Parthenon’s architectural
proportions also conform to the Golden Mean.
Lisa Rivas holds a graphic
design degree from The Hans Neumann School of Graphic Design in Caracas,
Venezuela. She also earned a BFA in Fiber from Memphis School of Art,
Memphis, Tennessee. She completed graduate work at The Appalachian
Center for Crafts in Tennessee and the Instituto Allende in Mexico.
Please join us for an artist’s
reception on Friday, July 16, from 6-8 p.m. This reception is free and
open to the public. West
Gallery, July 10-October 30, 2010
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