In Black and White
Recent work by Marge Loudon Moody and Phil Moody
Public Works Art Center
135 Richardson St.,
Summerville
South Carolina, 29843
Tel (843) 900 3225
March 20 - May 10 2025
Exhibition Statement
This is the first time we have shown together. This is quite surprising, given we have been exhibiting our work since art school in the late 1960s. We thought it might be interesting to see whether there was anything in common to what we have been working on in recent years. As we selected our pieces, there seemed to be an interest in a strong use of some of the formal elements (line, value and shape in particular), while color has been kept at a quieter level. Rather than keeping the exhibition layout separated into our own bodies of work, we have arranged it quite organically, based on intuitively felt responses. Beyond these immediate observations, it remains to be seen what we find after installing the exhibition.
Marge Loudon Moody
As a painter, I typically work with a full palette of colors. By contrast, in this exhibition the paintings employ muted color – color that is intentionally ‘grayed’ or desaturated, either with the addition of the color’s complement or with a ‘chromatic dark’ (a mix of blue and brown that resembles black). In physics white is the presence of light (all colors) while black is its absence. In these paintings, black and white are used to highlight, define and emphasize, while the collages employ a full range of black papers, often against a white background. Several pieces in this show are selected from work where I’ve been experimenting with templates of various shapes and sizes, most often circles. Many of my ideas have come from my imagination and the environment around my home, and from visual notes while traveling.
Recent work by Marge Loudon Moody and Phil Moody
Public Works Art Center
135 Richardson St.,
Summerville
South Carolina, 29843
Tel (843) 900 3225
March 20 - May 10 2025
Exhibition Statement
This is the first time we have shown together. This is quite surprising, given we have been exhibiting our work since art school in the late 1960s. We thought it might be interesting to see whether there was anything in common to what we have been working on in recent years. As we selected our pieces, there seemed to be an interest in a strong use of some of the formal elements (line, value and shape in particular), while color has been kept at a quieter level. Rather than keeping the exhibition layout separated into our own bodies of work, we have arranged it quite organically, based on intuitively felt responses. Beyond these immediate observations, it remains to be seen what we find after installing the exhibition.
Marge Loudon Moody
As a painter, I typically work with a full palette of colors. By contrast, in this exhibition the paintings employ muted color – color that is intentionally ‘grayed’ or desaturated, either with the addition of the color’s complement or with a ‘chromatic dark’ (a mix of blue and brown that resembles black). In physics white is the presence of light (all colors) while black is its absence. In these paintings, black and white are used to highlight, define and emphasize, while the collages employ a full range of black papers, often against a white background. Several pieces in this show are selected from work where I’ve been experimenting with templates of various shapes and sizes, most often circles. Many of my ideas have come from my imagination and the environment around my home, and from visual notes while traveling.
