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FLAT FILES 2020 Rina AC Dweck 'Untitled Study II'
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Rina AC Dweck 'Untitled Study II'

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Drawer 2- Untitled Study II, 2019 paper, paint, ink, pen, mesh supermarket produce bags, fabric, synthetic hair, pins 12”x14”

Artist Statement

My intention is to engage the viewer by triggering a visceral reaction. I utilize space, material, and the familiar to create ephemeral forms. I juxtapose binaries; organic vs. synthetic; readymade vs. handmade; real vs. fake; past alongside present. My practice is informed by my experience as a woman raised in a Middle Eastern, orthodox Jewish enclave. I imbue my work with associations that highlight the internal and evolutionary tug of war between my upbringing and present-day perspective, emphasizing questions of identity. My recent work focuses on hair as a foundational material. There is a conceptual summation attached to hair that is almost automatic in its relation to femininity, identity, and Judaism. I am acutely interested in exploring the role of femininity in relation to societal pressures, and I see reclaiming assigned feminine descriptors, like grace and beauty, as an act of power.

Artist Bio

Rina AC Dweck is a sculpture artist born and raised in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn. Dweck received the Paula Rhodes award upon her graduation from The School of Visual Arts MFA Fine Arts program in 2018. She earned her BS in Studio Art from New York University in 1998. In 2019 Ms. Dweck was awarded the ChaNorth 2018 Alumni solo show. She has exhibited work in numerous group exhibitions including; Collar Works (Troy, NY), Wheaton College Biennial (Norton, MA), 4Heads Governors Island Art Fair (NY), Paradice Palase (Brooklyn, NY) and Microscope Gallery (Brooklyn, NY). Dweck has been an artist in residence at several institutions including Millay Colony, Austerlitz, NY (2019), Chanorth (Chashama) Pine Plains, NY (2018), Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT (2013, 2014, 2016), and MASS MoCa (forthcoming 2021). She is a founding member of The Rule of 3, a collective that focuses on materiality and the feminine.

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Drawer 2- Untitled Study II, 2019 paper, paint, ink, pen, mesh supermarket produce bags, fabric, synthetic hair, pins 12”x14”

Artist Statement

My intention is to engage the viewer by triggering a visceral reaction. I utilize space, material, and the familiar to create ephemeral forms. I juxtapose binaries; organic vs. synthetic; readymade vs. handmade; real vs. fake; past alongside present. My practice is informed by my experience as a woman raised in a Middle Eastern, orthodox Jewish enclave. I imbue my work with associations that highlight the internal and evolutionary tug of war between my upbringing and present-day perspective, emphasizing questions of identity. My recent work focuses on hair as a foundational material. There is a conceptual summation attached to hair that is almost automatic in its relation to femininity, identity, and Judaism. I am acutely interested in exploring the role of femininity in relation to societal pressures, and I see reclaiming assigned feminine descriptors, like grace and beauty, as an act of power.

Artist Bio

Rina AC Dweck is a sculpture artist born and raised in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn. Dweck received the Paula Rhodes award upon her graduation from The School of Visual Arts MFA Fine Arts program in 2018. She earned her BS in Studio Art from New York University in 1998. In 2019 Ms. Dweck was awarded the ChaNorth 2018 Alumni solo show. She has exhibited work in numerous group exhibitions including; Collar Works (Troy, NY), Wheaton College Biennial (Norton, MA), 4Heads Governors Island Art Fair (NY), Paradice Palase (Brooklyn, NY) and Microscope Gallery (Brooklyn, NY). Dweck has been an artist in residence at several institutions including Millay Colony, Austerlitz, NY (2019), Chanorth (Chashama) Pine Plains, NY (2018), Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT (2013, 2014, 2016), and MASS MoCa (forthcoming 2021). She is a founding member of The Rule of 3, a collective that focuses on materiality and the feminine.

Drawer 2- Untitled Study II, 2019 paper, paint, ink, pen, mesh supermarket produce bags, fabric, synthetic hair, pins 12”x14”

Artist Statement

My intention is to engage the viewer by triggering a visceral reaction. I utilize space, material, and the familiar to create ephemeral forms. I juxtapose binaries; organic vs. synthetic; readymade vs. handmade; real vs. fake; past alongside present. My practice is informed by my experience as a woman raised in a Middle Eastern, orthodox Jewish enclave. I imbue my work with associations that highlight the internal and evolutionary tug of war between my upbringing and present-day perspective, emphasizing questions of identity. My recent work focuses on hair as a foundational material. There is a conceptual summation attached to hair that is almost automatic in its relation to femininity, identity, and Judaism. I am acutely interested in exploring the role of femininity in relation to societal pressures, and I see reclaiming assigned feminine descriptors, like grace and beauty, as an act of power.

Artist Bio

Rina AC Dweck is a sculpture artist born and raised in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn. Dweck received the Paula Rhodes award upon her graduation from The School of Visual Arts MFA Fine Arts program in 2018. She earned her BS in Studio Art from New York University in 1998. In 2019 Ms. Dweck was awarded the ChaNorth 2018 Alumni solo show. She has exhibited work in numerous group exhibitions including; Collar Works (Troy, NY), Wheaton College Biennial (Norton, MA), 4Heads Governors Island Art Fair (NY), Paradice Palase (Brooklyn, NY) and Microscope Gallery (Brooklyn, NY). Dweck has been an artist in residence at several institutions including Millay Colony, Austerlitz, NY (2019), Chanorth (Chashama) Pine Plains, NY (2018), Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT (2013, 2014, 2016), and MASS MoCa (forthcoming 2021). She is a founding member of The Rule of 3, a collective that focuses on materiality and the feminine.

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