Angela Lorenz

"The character r.ed monde spontaneously appears in watercolor at a kitchen table, dancing, playing and primping among the produce of Bologna, Italy in 1985. But r.ed's happy, ideal existence is soon threatened when the artist makes a 3-D version of her creation, leading her to close r.ed in a studio drawer out of fear. An identity crisis ensues when r.ed notices a lack of resemblance with any others in the artist's circle of family and friends. Bored...

"Recorded history bursts with manmade structures that make knowledge visual, to aid memorization, to record information, and to enhance ritual practice ... The quest for immortality, universal knowledge and paradise pervades material culture ... Over 60 paintings in watercolor give examples from cultures and religions around the world, especially those which used text to explain their ideas. The images interact in a folding picture-book that may be...