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Artweek
June 2008
Vol. 27, No. 10

“Simone Lorenço”

Taking nature in general and patterns in plant life in particular as her starting point, Simone Lourenço cuts exceptionally elegant of shapes into her layered paper works. The exhibit is entitled "In Bloom", and it is certainly a fecund thing, with dense colors and emotive swirls bursting forth in a glorious flurry of abstracted florals. It is a terrific thing to encounter a show that does not fear the experience of abundance, and navigates the slippery terrain of beauty with an understated confidence. Much as it is difficult to be truly comedic, honest artworks that engage the viewer in optimistic visions of hope are hard to come by and, when it works, deserving of our appreciation. (OVERTONES, West Los Angeles).

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