Karen Rifas: Works on Paper at Arevalo Gallery
With a long history of working and showing in Florida, Karen Rifas shows no signs of slowing down in her continuous creative giving to the community. On Saturday, September 21st, Rifas will show Works on Paper at the Arevalo Gallery in the Design District. For years, Rifas was represented by Bernice Steinbaum at her eponymous gallery in Midtown. Her most recognizable work (with Steinbaum) consisted of installations where small leaves were seemingly suspended in mid-air by a series of taut wires pierced through walls and floors. On a larger scale, Rifas engages poetry and language in linear shapes, revealing multiple possibilities in something as (not quite so) simple as a drawn line.
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