Richard Moquin
Richard Moquin's sculpture always includes a window on the world of materials. His method of cutting, gluing, and constructing 'slabs' of material together into more or less 3-dimensional geometries is an overt display that he explores in large scale in "Site: Somewhere in Tuscany," revealing insights into the relationship between forms, materials and space.
He states: I have always preferred to work in an abstract mode, because I find it most challenging to not refer to anythng...outside the medium. I like that the content, simultaneously concealing and revealing nothing specific leaves a door "open" to the viewer for a personal interpretation and experience.
A native San Franciscan, Moquin taught art at City College for 25 years, beginning in 1970. Initially, Moquin was a part of the "new movement" of ceramics with peers Peter Voulkos, Richard Shaw and others, who took ceramic sculpture in a new direction during the '70's and '80's. Desiring a new challenge, he later changed mediums to marble and continued constructing sculpture, often making trips to Italy for materials and inspiration. Interest in working in 2-dimensions led him to painting and drawing, seeking a different visual metaphor yet still exploring the same essential geometries of space. He is a versatile artist who continues to move back and forth between sculpture and painting. Continuing to travel often, Moquin titles his works of art after places he has been to.
Moquin has been exhibiting in Bay Area galleries and international exhibitions since 1970. He is the recipient of many Awards including the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco and is included in the collection of the Oakland Museum of California.
For more information, contact
Gwenda Joyce/Art & Landscape
707.938.8877 or artandland@hughes.net
www.artandland.com
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