Ana Rodriguez's Inherited Interiors : Closing Reception & Artist Walk Through June 22nd, 3-5pm

LAUNCH Gallery is proud to present Los Angeles based artist, Ana Rodriguez, alumni of the Cal State Long Beach undergraduate painting program, and their deeply personal new paintings inspired by memories of the past while simultaneously using the work to contemplate contemporary society and their place in it.

 

In her new mixed media series Inherited Interiors, Ana Rodriguez recalls joyful memories of her upbringing using extravagant colors, sinuous shapes and syrupy textures. Ana’s inspiration is firmly rooted in the decorative arts and nostalgia of her California working-class upbringing. She skillfully engages the function of pattern and decoration while celebrating their lasting cultural implications.

I explore objects of ritual used to adorn the home as a way to visualize the social construct of objects in interior settings. At its very core, Inherited Interiors engages in this dialogue on how patterns and decoration within the home contribute to a large framework of social and individual constructs.

 

About the Artist

 

Ana Rodriguez grew up in the small community of Maywood, California, which is adjacent to the industrial cities of Commerce and Vernon and their numerous chemical plants, refineries, public waste areas and foundries. Rodriguez combines resources that range from kitchen cabinet liners, linoleum flooring, wallpaper, fabric from her dolls and toys, clothing that her mother made her as a child, family pictures, and memory. The mix of sources is reflected in Rodriguez's paintings that combine brightly colored gesture painting against the decorative pattern. Ana Rodriguez earned a BFA from California State University, Long Beach (2007) and an MFA from Otis College of Art and Design (2009).