Reborn/Reconfigured Rosalind Bloom Paintings and Works on Paper

Reborn/Reconfigured Rosalind Bloom Paintings and Works on Paper

Rosalind Bloom describes the title and theme of her show Reborn/Reconfigured this way, “All of the pieces are made from pre-existing bits of this and that. That either belongs to work that I triaged out of inventory or found material that I have saved thinking that I would use at some point. That includes fireplace ash, dried leaves, some of the pieces I stained with tea…so it’s all things that existed in the world in one form and I’ve transformed, they’ve been reborn as something else, into a new life.”

Reborn/Reconfigured Rosalind Bloom Paintings and Works on Paper

“They are the parts of old paintings, for me it’s always been about transformation and how things change from one state to another. I’ve gone back to what was my way of working for many, many years where I don’t have an over-riding concept or narrative, I’m allowing myself to just play. Each piece becomes whatever it wants to become.”

Roz continues, “The two series that came before this series, there was a theme, a narrative, a concept that kind of dictated the way things would go. I didn’t do that this time…I have given myself permission to just let it be, to play and whatever happens, happens.”

Reborn/Reconfigured Rosalind Bloom Paintings and Works on Paper at Da Vinci Art Alliance Gallery, 704 Catharine Street, Philadelphia, PA – click here for dates and hours.

Written and photographed by DoN Brewer