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In a so far short career Rina Miriam Drescher
has succeeded in mastering
an impressive range of styles, subjects, media and audiences.
Particularly engaging is her work for children - projects that she
manages to make accessible and engaging for younger viewers while so
evocative and imbued with subtle complexity that it interests mature
viewers as well. Never does her work deteriorate into the trivial,
superficial or patronizing approach found in many mainstream movies,
cartoons and picture books designed for children. Rather her paintings
and installations stimulate imagination and curiosity for the young as
well as adults.
Ms. Drescher’s installations
in particular transport children to a place
where creativity, fantasy, and daydreaming are brought to life.
Designed for completion in an exhibition, her pieces also serve to
introduce children to art and make art itself more accessible for
children. Instead of a stuffy, boring museum designed for an adult
viewer and with pieces designed for an adult audience, children enter a
space that is designed specifically for them. The works themselves have
clean lines and uncomplicated compositions that facilitate easy viewing
but hold one’s attention because of their originality.
Ms. Drescher often uses straightforward shapes or colors, but in
atypical ways or in strange combinations as a means of expression.
Ultimately it is the strength of the expressions and emotions that draw
in the viewer by engaging the imagination. In her paintings of animals
many of the creatures seem almost sneaky and spark a sort of
mischievous
conspiracy between the character and the viewer. It is quite easy to
look at such a painting and immediately devise an entire, complicated
tale revolving around this single image. Other works, such as the Pocket
Paintings and Dollhouse Paintings (2004) Installation evoke
intimacy and a quiet daydreaming quality. Tiny images demand close
personal attention while the overall whimsical aspect gently leads the
imagination towards fantasy.
Ms. Drescher’s
various works for children easily draw in all ages. The
mood and emotion of the works stimulate the creativity and imagination
of “grown-ups” as well as children. Her work is simple enough to be
accessible for children, yet never is it simplistic and through it all
the depth of her talent as an artist in general is quite evident. It is
the fanciful, playful aspect of her work that is initially engaging,
but
this deeper level of artistic ability that continues to hold the
attention of the young and old alike and leaves us anticipating her
next project.
- Brooke Matschek, August 2006
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