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Rose E. DeSloover
"Kryptonite Wares", Found Objects 2015/2019, Chartreuse & Red, House Paint

2015-2019

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SALE ONE WEEK ONLY "Kryptonite Wares" is a clever and humorous collection of both superfluous and everyday objects purchased from the Dollar Store. It is a wry comment by the artist on the overabundance of cheap items in 21st century life that while being non-essential finds an audience that is comforted by these insignificant colorful items. DeSloover has a strong connection with color and places an intense interpretation on both “Red” as a self-identifier and Chartreuse “Kryptonite” as her inner venerable self. Throughout her works she maintains a fascination with what she terms the “domestication of color.” DeSloover’s obsession with house paint as a medium contains both an aesthetic and a literary interest. Fostered early by her own name, Rosemary, amplified by red cheeks and red hair, and reinforced by her initials, RED (synchronicity everywhere!) The critic, Sarah Rose Sharp has said of DeSloover that she “is drawn to identify with colors and their names, extrapolating layers of meaning from her ready-made palette—the choice to limit herself to preexisting colors was an important subset of DeSloover’s discipline around found objects. This practice has further evolved to include found objects paired with colors/names as a form of portraiture.” Sharp continues her analysis of DeSloover:” From here, colors and their attendant meanings have generated several significant arcs in DeSloover’s work. “Kryptonite”— a neon green that was first adopted in her portrait of her teacher and major influence, light artist James Turrell—has become a signifier of protective energy, which DeSloover employed in her piece Protecting Paris (2012), a collaboration with poet Darcy Brandel, and even in her daily wardrobe, depending on her need for protection against influential or threatening forces. Kryptonite, in DeSloover’s world, is the single weakness of Superman (a persona that she had lovingly attached to Turrell due to his charisma and force of personality), but she is quick to mention that she really thinks of the “Superman” more in the Nietzschean sense.” This work was shown at the Detroit Orchestra Hall in 2019.
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