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Floriana Rigo

Floriana Rigo describes her elegant ink-and-brush works as “life-marks.” A practitioner of Tai Chi Chuan and a student of ancient Chinese culture, Rigo infuses these calligraphic images with delicacy and a strong sense of movement — hallmarks of classic Chinese art. The pieces employ a very basic palette, the energetic brushstrokes of black ink juxtaposed with neat red markings on simple white backgrounds, or with little natural inserts and different tints. However, their composition is anything but simple. On one level, the black brushstrokes feel casual, their dynamic strength bringing such primal forces as wind and ocean waves and mountains to mind. But they also resolve into graceful geometrical swirls and circles. The viewer is presented with a world in which the force of nature is tempered by the calming influences of Taoism and the art of the Chinese pictogram. Rigo says that one goal of these works was to make a “void” – one that gives off a unique, fulfilling reflective power.

Rigo has been making art in public since she was four, from theatre to poetry to visual and concrete arts and video.

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	*05 sword exercise, 2012* Ink & Brush on Paper 31.5" x 45" USD 2,000 *05 sword exercise, 2012* Ink & Brush on Paper 31.5" x 45" USD 2,000


	*T 04, (Tregua, Truce from Stalking), 2010* Ink on Rice Paper 12" x 12" USD 450 *T 04, (Tregua, Truce from...* Ink on Rice Paper 12" x 12" USD 450


	*DOG (Dragon on Guard) 1, 2011, 2011* Ink on Rice Colored Paper with Natural Inserts 37.5" x 26" USD 2,500 *DOG (Dragon on Guard) 1, 2011, 2011* Ink on Rice Colored... 37.5" x 26" USD 2,500


	*DOG (Dragon on Guard) 5, 2011* Ink on Rice Colored Paper with Natural Inserts 26" x 37.5" USD 2,500 *DOG (Dragon on Guard) 5, 2011* Ink on Rice Colored... 26" x 37.5" USD 2,500


	*03 Shanshui, 2011* Ink & Brush on Paper 27" x 27" USD 1,550 *03 Shanshui, 2011* Ink & Brush on Paper 27" x 27" USD 1,550


	*Bull, 01-31-10, 2010* Ink on Rice Paper with Gold Inserts 26" x 26" USD 1,400 *Bull, 01-31-10, 2010* Ink on Rice Paper... 26" x 26" USD 1,400


	*Selfportrait Correct, 2012* Ink & Brush on Paper 37" x 26" USD 1,850 *Selfportrait Correct, 2012* Ink & Brush on Paper 37" x 26" USD 1,850


	*DOG (Dragon on Guard) 4, 2011* Ink on Colored Rice Paper with Natural Inserts 26" x 37.5" USD 1,850 *DOG (Dragon on Guard) 4, 2011* Ink on Colored Rice... 26" x 37.5" USD 1,850


	*DOG (Dragon on Guard) 2, 2011* Ink on Colored Rice Paper with Natural Inserts 37.5" x 26" USD 1,850 *DOG (Dragon on Guard) 2, 2011* Ink on Colored Rice... 37.5" x 26" USD 1,850


	*DOG (Dragon on Guard) 3, 2011* Ink on Rice Colored Paper with Natural Inserts 26" x 37.5" USD 2,500 *DOG (Dragon on Guard) 3, 2011* Ink on Rice Colored... 26" x 37.5" USD 2,500


	*04 Sword Exercise, 2012* Ink & Brush on Paper 42" x 36" USD 2,000 *04 Sword Exercise, 2012* Ink & Brush on Paper 42" x 36" USD 2,000


	*Dragons Are Not Lobsters 03, 2012* Ink & Brush on Paper 37" x 26" USD 1,850 *Dragons Are Not Lobsters 03, 2012* Ink & Brush on Paper 37" x 26" USD 1,850