Art in Review: Clare Rojas

by Roberta Smith, New York Times, December 10, 2004


Clare E. Rojas, Believe Me

by Karsten Lund, Flavorpill, July 14, 2009

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flavorpill Tuesday, July 14, 2009 Art Clare E. Rojas: Believe Me For her second exhibition at Kavi Gupta Gallery, Clare Rojas returns with a carefully conceived installation of her distinctive gouache paintings, merging a rustic folk-art style with the self-assured polish of a savvy illustrator. Her works have the feeling of fairy tales, with birds, animals, and shifty-eyed humans appearing as players in obscure but fateful undertakings. And, in classic fairy-tale form, there's also a darker side to the plucky proceedings, hovering like an ominous shadow. Ranging in scale from intimate to muralsized, Rojas' paintings are presented here within a larger hand-crafted environment; smaller works hang from a row of pegs against a blue-painted wall, decorated with wooden moldings, while a nearby bookshelf sports a rogue's gallery of head-and-shoulder portraits. – Karsten Lund

Clare E. Rojas

by Ruth Lopez, ARTnews, October 2009


Clare E. Rojas

by Susan Snodgrass, Art in America, October 2009


Clare E. Rojas

by Lori Waxman, ARTFORUM, October 2009