Kathy Rose (USA)
The Inn of Floating Imagery
This piece represents a kind of autobiographical vision. I use myself to create all the figures, sometimes employing masks from the Noh theatre to vary my persona.
A sea of richly coloured, floating figures are accompanied by eerie sounds. The animated figures are constructed in the manner of puppetry and collage. The imagery continues until the artist’s involvement with her “canvases” is revealed, with her performative self finally emerging.
Kathy Rose’s work has evolved from her early drawn animated films of the 1970’s, through her unique, pioneering performance work combining dance with film in the 1980–90s, to her current surreal performance video spectacles and installations, with influence from symbolist art and the Japanese Noh theatre. Rose received a Guggenheim in Performance Art in 2003, and in 2005 was awarded a New York State Council on the Arts grant in Video (Media & New Technology).
Studio assistant - Thessia Machado
‘There is something eternal in Rose’s creations. Imagine Jung crossed with Jean Cocteau.’ Joanna Ney, Curator, Lincoln Center.