by Patricia Frischer
Becky
Guttin at SIP Art Space curated
by Kathryn Kanjo, Director /CEO Museum of Contemporary Art with a
reception Sat. June 17 from 4-7pm and showing until July 28th. Also exhibiting at CECUT Centro Cultural Tijuana curated by Smadar Samson with
a reception Fri. July 14 at 7 – 9 pm and showing until Oct 22
A big hurrah to Becky Guttin for receiving this wonderful
recognition of a dual city retrospective. This intimate show of drawings at SIP
was very carefully selected by Kathryn
Kanjo, Director /CEO of
the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego. The exhibition is
entirely drawings on paper, a medium which is dear to my heart. I love the
directness of the artist’s hand being seen as marks on a page.
Guttin has
created a communication style of her own which seem very related to a written
language. Many of the marks are similar to letters and the stories they write,
though hidden, look like clues to messages. The trick is that you have to
figure out yourself what you want them to mean. Yes, there are building and plants but many
seem to be arranged like maps, others like encryption systems. Decoding the dna
of this work would take you into a deep dive of the life of Becky Guttin. Like
a Sphinx, this women with her lovely Cleopatra hair and kolh eyes might always
remain a mystery.
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