Exhibitions

PATTERN: THE ART OF REPETITION

Lilienthal Gallery / 23 Emory Pl. April 3 - June 30th (Reception: April 3 5:00pm - 8:00pm)

Patricio Rodriguez, Juan Manuel Rozas, Bayona, Jered Sprecher, Tellas, Basmat Levin

Checkered, paisley, houndstooth, and chevron. Patterns decorate the world through ornament and artifice. Zebra, cheetah, feathers, and flowers. Nature repeats in an array of colors and forms. Patterns reflect the rhythm of life as echoes of the past heard in the present moment.

Hidden within patterns are stories of culture, spirituality, philosophy, and emotion. These stories are literally woven into our lives; embedded into our clothes and architecture. Across place and time, amongst seemingly disparate cultures, similar imagery arises. Often, their core meaning is about the interconnectedness of life. Although the study of patterns can track the migration of people from one place to another, and how their aesthetics merged, it also signals the innately human instinct to depict our world through repetition and rhythm.

Beginning with our cognitive development, repetition functions as an intuitive form of understanding. Our brains utilize pattern recognition as a means of learning. For instance, our ancestors realized that bright colors may indicate poisonous berries and language was built through repeated sentence structures and sounds. It is no wonder why humans have gravitated towards patterns as a means of expression and communication. They connect people across the world through a similarity shared by all.