About the Exhibition
Robb Quisling turns inward, investigating ways objects become conduits for interpersonal connection—vessels that carry the weight of memory, at times offering release or further desire. Applied Pressure presents paintings, prints, and sculptural work, each offering a moment in time that reveals a story. As you move through the exhibition, each stop will invite you to consider and respond to a question. Quisling asks us to consider the pressures we place on ourselves and the ways we are shaped by the expectations and influences that surround us.
Who really holds control… yourself, or another?
From Artist Robb Quisling
This exhibition has given me the opportunity to indulge in some compulsive behavior and to find some relief. I usually start by becoming overly attracted to an object, which I collect and carry around. Eventually, the object seems to imprint on me and becomes more pliable. It will cooperate with me to solve a problem.
We regulate our emotions, relationships, our bodies, impulses, and behaviors to try to be socially acceptable by holding things in or letting them out. The objects in this exhibition became a way for me to think about these behaviors without having to illustrate them literally. I can look back on a finished piece and see what I was thinking and why.