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Artwork details
- Medium : Pastel, Graphite on Paper under plexiglas
- Framing : Framed
- Dimensions : 22x16in
About this artwork
The comparison I exhibit in these works is between the innate beauty in nature (physical as in the plants and human nature that desires to be surrounded by beautiful things) and the actuality of its toxicity. While the images intentionally illustrate and glorify the toxic plants, the work relates to and contrasts with our base attraction to beautiful things, while as a whole body of work I use it to promote caution. My empirical research proves that…
the affectation of one seeking fulfilling pleasure through beauty alone, will only stir repulsion. The quest to fulfill one’s life with beauty without nourishing substance is typically derived from one’s lack of knowledge followed by poor judgment or denying the existence of danger that waits below the surface of what we consider beautiful.
Katherine Rhodes Fields
United States
Credentials
- International Exposure
- Residency Participant
- Works on commission
« I stay motivated to create by examining how histories, philosophies, myths, traditions, and the images tied to it all throughout time can be revisited, visually juxtaposed, and eventually contemporized. »
Katherine Rhodes Fields is an American draftsman and printmaker whose works have been exhibited nationally, as well as in North Macedonia, and Serbia. Her artistic expression is heavily influenced by her experiences growing up in rural southern United States. Through her prints, drawings, and photographs, Fields also explores the influences of history and its impact on our current world, and diverse themes relating to women.
Katherine Rhodes Fields
Nerium Oleander (Oleander)
$2,500