The Poetics of Place, 2015
Catalog for Nancy Genn at Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, 2015.
Contains the essay The Poetics of Place by Dewitt Cheng.
“An artist of omnivorous curiosity and daunting self-discipline, Genn has followed her creative inclinations in a number of directions, from large paintings combining Abstract-Expressionism with Asian calligraphy (influenced by the Seattle mystic Mark Tobey, as well as her travels in Asia and the Middle East); ceramic and lost-wax bronze sculpture first made at the University of California, Berkeley, in the Peter Volkos era; lyrical abstractions in handmade paper that paradoxically assert their rag paper-pulp materiality, with textured surfaces and feathery deckled edges, while simultaneously evoking light, place, and even a spiritual dimension; and mixed-media collages that layer painting and printmaking techniques seamlessly.”
– From The Poetics of Place by Dewitt Cheng, 2015