ENKOMI/Luigi Palma di CESNOLA
Installation at the Cedars Union, Dallas, TX, October 2021.
FABRICATED ARTIFACTS BASED ON THE ancient burial sites of cyprus.
Rigdon was drawn to the artifacts from the Enkomi site while visiting the British Museum during the Summer of 2021. These funerary objects relate to her childhood on the island of Cyprus and the traditional Cypriot potters she and her mother had trained with. Rigdon has transformed these artifacts into modern objects using vibrant oil paint on custom-cut acrylic sheets.
The Boedeker-Enkomi Dig-Site, 2022.
Backup Dancers for Extinction, 2022, Oil paint and graphite on custom-cut acrylic sheets, 19-1/5 x 20 inches
Pilgrim Flask (Contain me, please?), 2022, Graphite and oil paint on custom-cut acrylic sheet, 40.5 x 25 in
The Love Trireme (All is not fair in love and war), 2022, Graphite and oil paint on custom-cut acrylic sheet, 31.75 x 17 in
Cesnola Lady with Baby 74.51.1545, 2021, Oil paint on custom-cut acrylic sheet, 14.24 x 6 in
Cheerleaders for Death, 2022, Gouache and graphite on Arches paper, 22 x 30 inches
Cesnola Pilgrim Flask 74.51.897 (Frownie), 2022, Graphite and oil paint on custom-cut acrylic panel, 20.5 x 13.75 inches
Enkomi Pilgrim Flask 1897,0401.948, 2021, Oil paint on custom-cut acrylic sheet, 11.5 x 9 in
Enkomi Lady with Baby 1897,0401.1086, 2021, Oil paint on custom-cut acrylic sheet, 23.5 x 8.5 in
Enkomi BARBOORA, 2021, Oil paint on custom-cut acrylic sheet, 5.1 x 4.5 x 0.3 in