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卡里達・羅爾斯

Portrait of Calida Rawles

卡里達・羅爾斯(1976年生於美國特拉華州威爾明頓;現於加利福尼亞州洛杉磯生活和工作)的畫作融合了超現實主義與詩意抽象風格。羅爾斯把其作品主體設置在動態的空間中,而「水」在她的作品中則是重要、有機、多元並具有歷史意義的空間。從歡欣鼓舞到熱情洋溢,甚至完全湮沒於神秘的氣氛中,黑人的身軀浮沉於精緻描繪的海洋景觀,伴隨著氣泡、漣漪、折射的光線和遼闊的藍色光景。對羅爾斯而言,「水」具有治癒身體與心靈的能力,亦能帶出歷史創傷和種族排斥。她活用這種複雜的二元性來營造一個全新的空間,藉以撫慰黑人的傷口及重新塑造她超越種族對立的主體。藝術家巧妙地利用「水」寧靜的特質和超越時間與地域的限制,使原本沈重的主題變得輕盈,讓「水」在作品中的解讀更引人入勝,引起觀眾的多面理解。即使在現今動盪的時代,羅爾斯的作品仍然憑著埋藏在作品標題和各種地形符號,展現出寧靜且富有力量的廣闊視野,同時不忘彰顯人性的光輝。

羅爾斯在近期的作品中重新想像神話莉莉斯(亞當的第一位妻子)的故事,她因不願雌伏在亞當身下而被妖魔化。羅爾斯嘗試延續這神話並重新為莉莉斯定位,讓她從與女性形象對立的惡靈轉化成隨水流飄浮的自我主權者,成為反抗的根源。此外,羅爾斯深受當代黑人女性作家以及她們對交叉性理論的觀點影響, 藝術家經常描繪穿著白袍的黑人婦女和女孩在平靜的領域中漂浮,讓她們從各種微歧視、膚色歧視及世代相傳的心理創傷中獲得解脫。畫中的女性都是從容地輕閉雙眼,從斑斕的藍海中散發著光芒。在安逸和滿足的瞬間,羅爾斯用「水」營造出寓言般的另類國度,以追求親密和歸屬感,以及女性之間的情誼。

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Installation view of Calida Rawles at PAMM

精选作品

Painting by Calida Rawles

卡里達・羅爾斯

To Circle Back, 2026

Painting by Calida Rawles

卡里達・羅爾斯

Refraction, 2025

Painting by Calida Rawles

卡里達・羅爾斯

The Journey to the Middle Way, 2026

Painting by Calida Rawles

卡里達・羅爾斯

Above Yesterday, Beyond Tomorrow, 2023

Painting by Calida Rawles

卡里達・羅爾斯

High Tide, Heavy Armor, 2021

Painting by Calida Rawles

卡里達・羅爾斯

On the Other Side of Everything, 2021

Painting by Calida Rawles

卡里達・羅爾斯

To What End, 2022

Painting by Calida Rawles

卡里達・羅爾斯

Thy Name We Praise, 2023

Artist Highlight

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In the Studio with Calida Rawles

Film by Jeremy Eichenbaum, 2023

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图书与限量作品

Calida Rawles: Away with the Tides

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Calida Rawles: Away with the Tides

US$50

Hardcover
152 Pages with 73 Illustrations
Dimension: 9.5 x 0.7 x 12 inches

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A Poetic Immersion into History, Identity, and Water. Step into the luminous, immersive world of Calida Rawles—where water becomes a mirror, a memory, and a movement. Away with the Tides is the first museum catalog dedicated to the visionary Los Angeles–based artist whose spellbinding, hyperrealistic paintings have redefined contemporary portraiture. Known for her transcendent renderings of Black bodies submerged in brilliant, flowing water, Rawles merges hyperrealism with poetic abstraction. Her work explores the dualities of water—as a symbol of freedom and oppression, healing and harm—anchored in the cultural and historical weight of racial injustice.

This stunning volume accompanies Rawles’ first solo museum exhibition at our museum, the Pérez Art Museum Miami, where her fluid compositions flow into a deeper, often obscured history of Miami’s Overtown neighborhood and the formerly segregated Virginia Key Beach.

Calida Rawles: Away with the Tides is more than a catalog—it’s a reverent archive of beauty, resistance, and resilience. Overflowing with full-color reproductions, thoughtful essays, and intimate insight into Rawles’ process, this book is an essential addition to any collector’s library of contemporary Black art.

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