Carole Robb: “Venice and Rome scrolls”
The Global Centre for Drawing and Langford120 – Melbourne
Irene Barberis and Wilma Tabacco Directors
Courtesy of Denise Bibro Gallery, New York.
—through September 2. 2018
The Global Centre for Drawing and Langford120 –
120 Langford Street, North Melbourne, Vic., 3051. – PH: 03 988658
Carole Robb: “…but you can’t paint Rome from the edges of the river Tiber. The walls along the river are too high and the Icons of Rome, it’s architecture, it’s fountains, it’s huge piazzas,
they’re all public artefacts spread across the city, with sculpture visible everywhere.
So I made small watercolors on site each day, brought them to the studio and made watercolor transcriptions of them, onto the scroll.
Rome is a magnificent piece of PR, whether it’s the Colosseum, a Renaissance Church or Bernini’s baroque sculpture broadcasting Rome’s power and achievements.
Yet it’s still possible to travel cinematically through space & time in this city, for the influence of Rome on western civilization was profound in it’s contributions to every aspect of western culture, think of the Colosseum and our modern sports stadiums.
And what if the Arch of Titus in the Forum inspired Soviet socialist realism.”
Carole Robb 2018
The Global Centre for Drawing Langford129
Carole Robb is the Artistic Director of the Rome Art Program – romeartprogram.org
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