{"id":25823,"date":"2025-01-11T10:38:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T15:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/?p=25823"},"modified":"2025-01-11T11:58:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T16:58:21","slug":"roelle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2025\/01\/11\/roelle\/","title":{"rendered":"CW Roelle\u2019s Drawings In Air"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cI began drawing with wire in 1997 when, as a student at The Maryland Institute College of Art, I became frustrated with the separation between my hand and the line I was making on paper. I wanted to hold the line in my hands and bend it with my fingers,\u201d CW Roelle writes on his website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Rhode Island artist twists dark annealed steel wire with pliers into drawings in air\u2014still lives, kangaroos, witches, sailing ships, cityscapes, scenes referencing his job as a mail carrier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roelle writes that his exhibition on view at Julian\u2019s, 318 Broadway, Providence, through the week after 2025 Valentine\u2019s Day includes art he\u2019s made over the past decade\u2014as well as new sculptures depicting fire escapes and a portrait of a front door. Roelle also has art on view in the group exhibition \u201cTransition of Power\u201d at 13 Forest<\/a> gallery in Arlington, Massachusetts, from Jan. 11 – 31, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CW Roelle artworks at Julian\u2019s in Providence, 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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CW Roelle, “The Escape #1,” wire drawing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Detail of CW Roelle, “The Escape #1,” wire drawing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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CW Roelle, “They’ll Come, They Will. I’ll Unlock The Door,” 2016-2024, wire drawing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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CW Roelle, “The Escape #2,” wire drawing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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CW Roelle, “Deedely Dee Dee Dee, Two Coffees,” wire drawing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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CW Roelle, “Signs of a Struggle #6,” wire drawing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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CW Roelle artworks at Julian\u2019s in Providence, 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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