WHEN // January 17 to February 8, 2020
OPENING // Friday, January 17, 2020 – 6 to 9 PM
VISIT // Monday – Friday : 1 to 5 PM or by appointment (pigmentsauvage@gmail.com)

From January 17 to February 8, 2020, Pigment Sauvage – Art & residencies presents the new visual explorations of the Brazilian-American artist Ariel Cavalcante Foster. Following the idea of an « open studio » we invite you to join us for a friendly exchange with the artist on Friday January 17, from 6 to 9 PM.

PROJECT

In Channel Mater, Ariel Cavalcante Foster develops the practice of painting throughout her printmaking process. The fabric installations are standing moments of occurrences, existing as an encapsulation of an unwatched movement, meditation or play. While, abstract oil paintings hold substances of dried plants and the subject’s materials. The press is her body; through the pressure of her feet and guided by music, it becomes a dance. A performance that goes unseen, hidden inside the work itself, speaks to the labor and process of the artist's practice. While printing, painting surfaces as an outlet for subconscious, immediate and intuitive creation, becoming reflections on subjects in nature. Ariel paints with the powdered remnants of pastels, beads, dried flowers and plants. Dyed and suspended, the tapestries’ carved linoleum prints contain narratives of animals, farmers, divine creators and plant life. The chance for body and movement in fabric informs the design of the installations, the cloth levitates and drapes as sustaining an action. 

BIO / PRACTICE

Ariel Cavalcante Foster is a Brazilian-American artist, curator and community programmer based in Baltimore, MD with a BA from Goucher College (2016) in Studio Art and Arts Administration. Ariel’s organizational work includes Ritmo Studio Workshops, co-directing The Parlour, and working as a collective member of Roots and Raices. In 2017, she interned for The Contemporary as a co-creator for their annual publication. That same year, Ariel participated in the art residency, Casa na Ilha, in São Paulo, BR, a home for artists to create site-specific work and collaborate with the local residents and native islanders. She has exhibited work throughout the Maryland region including Area 405, The Menial Collection, MONO Practice, Palacio del Sol, Resort, and The Strathmore Mansion. Her work is part of Goucher College Library and Special Collections and is a recipient of the Rosenberg Travel scholarship. In 2018, Foster participated in the Baltimore Artist Retreat and joined the Urban Arts Leadership Fellowship Cohort. She currently is the Inclusion Strategist for Baltimore Clayworks.

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