Rosenthal Exhibition

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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2012 Narrative Thread, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2011 Art Miami, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL

Life Patterns, Byron C. Cohen Gallery, Kansas City, MO

Crossing Lines: The Many Faces of Fiber, Courtyard Gallery,

Three World Financial Center, New York, NY

Group Show, Gilman Contemporary, Sun Valley, ID

Sofa, Chicago, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL

Coming Out of the Closet: Clothing Art as an Emergent

Form, Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science.

Tallahasee, FL

2010 Art Miami, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Sofa Chicago, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL

New Fibers 2010, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI

She’s Crafty and She’s Just My Type, Judi Rotenberg

Gallery, Boston, MA

EQUIPMENT

All of Rosenthal’s dresses are priced inclusive of hanging and mounting hardware and are easily installed.

ABOUT THE WORK

I observe and examine the nature of relationships, gender roles and social positions. Using text, repetition, and the cultural symbolism of clothing, I reveal the struggles between the internal and external self, boldly exposing the distinctions, expectations, conflicts and joys that exist individually and between the sexes.

As a child, I explored creation and art making with untraditional materials from my parent’s display store. These “toys” triggered my imagination and would later play an important role in the connection between the content of the work and my artistic interpretation, helping me to create a coherent, iconographic, personal vocabulary.

For me, nothing is exempt as an art making tool, but I choose to work with mixed materials that bridge the gap between art and craft and which almost always reference the past. Most often, I deconstruct vintage textiles and printed papers, such as magazines, comic books, cookbooks, romance novels, catalogs, music sheets and atlases. They are then transformed into something entirely different by cutting, folding, and gluing. I also knit or crochet a variety of metal wires, including silver, nickel, brass, and copper. Each piece is embellished with embroidery, trim, buttons, costume jewelry, glitter and hardware store items. Furniture, paint, and gold and silver leaf may be used to complete the work.

Materials, technique, and text are combined to create work that is emotional, psychological and historical with many complicated layers and multiple meanings. Text, as the finishing element, is often tender, ironic or humorous; a way for me to converse with the viewer. It is always used as a tool for connection and social commentary, bringing the entrenched habits of daily rituals and thoughts into the public forum.