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Jessica Deane Rosner: Drawings
January 7 - February 20, 2022



Jessica Deane Rosner’s detailed and intricate drawings are small-scale and intimate; in this show they range from roughly 7 inches square to 11 ½ x 8 inches. She works predominately in ink but also with gouache and pencil. The works in this exhibition are from her ongoing “Ruled Unruled,” series. In these works, Rosner begins with a single element, a “perfect” geometric shape or series of lines, executed with simple drawing tools such as a ruler, compass or templates. Subsequent lines, expanding on the initial element, are then added freehand. As they accumulate, the hand-drawn lines become increasing untidy, wavering and tilting. Richly patterned and dense, these labor-intensive works have a devotional focus and are completed over weeks and months, slowly and carefully. This simple process has provided infinite possibilities, ranging from densely patterned geometries to more intuitive arrangements of shapes. Rosner notes that she is “driven by the uncertainty of what the finished piece will become.” She cites Sol LeWitt, Bridget Riley, Annie Albers, and Jacob El Hanani as particular influences.

For over twenty years, Cranston, Rhode Island-based Rosner has been exhibiting her work in galleries and museums, including the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, MA, the Rosenbach Museum in Philadelphia, PA, and in Providence at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art and the David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Smith College rare books collection and the R.I.S.D Museum of Art.

 
  Jessica Rosner, Ruled Unruled: Cut Out
Ruled Unruled: Cut Out, 2021
Ink on paper
11 5/8 x 8 1/8 inches
 
Jessica Rosner, Ruled Unruled: Shades of Grey
Ruled Unruled: Shades of Grey, 2021
Graphite and colored pencil on paper
11 5/8 x 8 1/8 inches
Jessica Rosner, Geometric Cross
Geometric Cross, 2021
Ink and colored pencil on paper
11 5/8 x 8 1/8 inches
  Jessica Rosner, WhaM!
WhaM!, 2021
Ink and acrylic ink on paper
7 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches
 
Jessica Rosner, SplaT
SplaT, 2021
Ink and acrylic ink on paper
7 3/4 x 7 5/8 inches
 
Jessica Rosner, Capped
Capped, 2021
Ink and colored pencil on paper
7 x 7 1/2 inches
  Jessica Rosner, Ruled Unruled with Green Shape
Ruled Unruled with Green Shape, 2021
Ink and gouache on paper
7 x 7 1/2 inches
Jessica Rosner, Dot Circle
Dot Circle, 2020
Ink on paper
7 1/2 x 7 inches
Jessica Rosner, Ruled Unruled French Curves
Ruled Unruled French Curves, 2020
Ink on paper
7 1/2 x 7 inches
  Jessica Rosner, Bent with Brown Oval
Bent with Brown Oval, 2020
Ink on paper
7 1/2 x 7 inches
Jessica Rosner, Ruled Un-Ruled with Split Circle
Ruled Un-Ruled with Split Circle, 2019
Ink on paper
7 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches
Jessica Rosner, Ruled Un-Ruled with Triangles and Waterspot
Ruled Un-Ruled with Triangles and Waterspot, 2020
Ink and colored pencil on paper
7 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches
  Jessica Rosner, Ruled Un-Ruled: Balance
Ruled Un-Ruled: Balance, 2019
Ink on paper
7 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches
Jessica Rosner, Simple Complex 2
Simple Complex 2, 2020
Gouache and ink on paper
8 x 11 3/4 inches
Jessica Rosner, Simple Complex 1
Simple Complex 1, 2020
Gouache and ink on paper
8 x 11 3/4 inches
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