Journey Inside an Empty Circle

Cindy Rinne
Marthe Aponte

May 7 – June 4, 2023

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Emptying Out 4

Marthe Aponte	
picoté on paper, fiber on panel 	
12” round x ¾“ 	

Journey through an empty circle

Marthe Aponte	
picoté on paper, marker, on panel	
21” round x ¾“	

Emptying Out 6

Marthe Aponte	
picoté on paper vinyl, fiber on panel	
12” round x ¾“	

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­In the Belly of a Canoe

Cindy Rinne	
Tapestry	33” x 34”	

Little Bear

Cindy Rinne	
Tapestry	34” x 28”	

Emptying Out 5

Marthe Aponte	
picoté on paper, fiber on panel 	
12” round x ¾“	

Within a Circle of Ancestors

Cindy Rinne	
Tapestry			
36” x 23”		

Emptying Out 1

Marthe Aponte	
picoté on paper, fiber on panel 	
12” round x ¾“	

Fins to Feathers

Cindy Rinne	
Fiber Art	
24” x 13”	

A Dragon’s Tears

Cindy Rinne	
Fiber Art	15” x 20”	  	

Emptying Out 3

Marthe Aponte	
picoté on paper, fiber on panel 	
12” round x ¾“	

Shield 2

Marthe Aponte	
picoté on paper, on panel with neon	
22½” round x 1½ “	

Calling Upon Stars in the Soil

Cindy Rinne	
Fiber Art	
11” x 9”	

Unbody

Cindy Rinne	
Fiber Art	
11” x 9”	

Heartbeat of a River

Cindy Rinne	
Tapestry	
9” x 14”	

Lanterns Light the Way

Cindy Rinne	
Manipulated digital photographic print on canvas on panel	
24” x 24”	

Sky Dweller

Tapestry	
16” x 19”	

It’s a New Dream

Marthe Aponte	
picoté on paper, fiber on panel	
13” round x ¾“	

Under Volcanic Blood Moon

Cindy Rinne	
Tapestry	
28” x 12”	

Emptying Out 2

Marthe Aponte	
picoté on paper, fiber on panel 	
12” round x ¾“	

Shield 1

Marthe Aponte	
picoté on paper, on panel with neon	
22½” round x 1½ “	

Four Corners

Cindy Rinne	
Fiber Art	
6” x 6”	  

A Story Bowl

Cindy Rinne	
Fiber Art	
6” x 6”	

Dance

Cindy Rinne	
Fiber Art	
6” x 6”	  

Snakes in the Sky

Cindy Rinne	
Fiber Art	9” x 9”	  

New Times

Cindy Rinne	
Fiber Art	
6” x 6”	  

Herbalist

Cindy Rinne	
Fiber Art	
6” x 6”	  

Feather Meditation

Cindy Rinne	
Fiber Art	
6” x 6”	  

Roundness of Time

Cindy Rinne	
Tapestry	7” x 9”	  
Cindy Rinne and Marthe Aponte are featured in Journey Inside an Empty Circle at Roswell Space from May 7 – June 4 2023. This exhibition of new work was inspired by the lecture Line, Circle, and Space at Art Now and Zen, Japan House, LA. 

The concepts of fullness/emptiness and void/form are explored through textural wall-works. According to the Zen Buddhist concept of Enso or empty circle, you cannot have form without formlessness and vice versa. Aponte and Rinne layer and combine materials using picote and fiber art. They create a mini pilgrimage with the empty circle as a symbol of everyone’s journey. Forms such as flowers, rivers, animals, and more are a symbolic boat/frame used to bring attention to the emptiness. With the awareness of that paradox, we return to 
the dusty world with a new perspective, a rebirth each day and a cycle of seasons.

I am more than my body
The Netherworld holds
confusion     fear     loss
   my body needs               repair
I retreat inside my womb

Lanterns light the way
   I bathe            in calming waters
incense        prayer        not knowing
close my eyes and enter the silence
© Cindy Rinne

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