Clare Rojas:
by Cherie Louise Turner, art ltd., March 2012
Once again, Bay Area-based painter and musician (under the name Peggy Honeywell) Clare Rojas delivers. But here- in her third solo show at Gallery Paule Anglim- even more so, because it's in somewhat unexpected territory. Rojas is best known, and widely celebrated, for her graphic folk art-inspired figurative narratives, which are heavily focused on feminism and domestic life; however ten of the 11 new paintings (all 2012) on show are total abstractions. As with past work- which has long been associated with the SF Mission School (think Barry MgGee, Chris Johanson)-these paintings feature flat solid color, clean edges, and geometric lines and shapes, all finely edited down to only the most essential elements ( not to be forgotten, Roja's formal training is in printmaking). These works have stylistic predecessors..........
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Clare E. Rojas
by Susan Snodgrass, Art in America, October 2009
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Clare E. Rojas, Believe Me
by Karsten Lund, Flavorpill, July 14, 2009
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Clare E. Rojas: Believe Me
For her second exhibition at Kavi Gupta Gallery, Clare Rojas returns with a carefully conceived installation of her distinctive gouache paintings, merging a rustic folk-art style with the self-assured polish of a savvy illustrator. Her works have the feeling of fairy tales, with birds, animals, and shifty-eyed humans appearing as players in obscure but fateful undertakings. And, in classic fairy-tale form, there's also a darker side to the plucky proceedings, hovering like an ominous shadow. Ranging in scale from intimate to muralsized, Rojas' paintings are presented here within a larger hand-crafted environment; smaller works hang from a row of pegs against a blue-painted wall, decorated with wooden moldings, while a nearby bookshelf sports a rogue's gallery of head-and-shoulder portraits.
– Karsten Lund
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Art in Review: Clare Rojas
by Roberta Smith, New York Times, December 10, 2004
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