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On View: August 20–October 2, 2022
LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER features 2D and 3D works on, in, and of paper. The exhibition showcases diverse practices and concepts in paper arts including trends and advances in the art of hand ... more
Artificios
- Intaglio, screenprint,velvet, insect pins
- 11.5 x 8 in
- Mariceliz Pagán-Gómez
In my art practice, I aim to create work that interconnects humans and nature and that emanates a sort of liveliness and conveys the transformative qualities of both. I’m interested in the relationship between artistic process and biological process and how they are related to human experience. By observing space and body in a noncognitive, more emotional way I intend to integrate creative practice into my everyday life and actions. I’m interested in the similarities between art and vital processes both exhibiting “growth gradients” and both processes displaying “acts”. I convey this relationship using a scientific method of inquiry to investigate my own art as a living organism and dissect it in various ways through printmaking and drawing.
With my work, I also question the aesthetic value of the natural environment and aesthetic engagement within human environments like living spaces and everyday objects and actions. In the process of changing environments myself, my work has evolved into nonrepresentational works conveying the experience of living and creating between the Midwest and the Caribbean. I've been connecting my interests with mutation and transformation with the drastic changes in the environment in the Midwest that unveil foreign natural specimens and structures. This has prompted me to explore the morphology of these objects and create iterations and hybridizations of them. Through ideas of collecting and intermittent field studies of my current environments, I reflect upon displacement through the process of discovery, exploration, and associations.
"Artificios" is an installation of works reminiscent of cabinets of curiosity that display prints as natural specimens. The pieces were inspired by objects from both the Midwest and the Caribbean such as seeds and seashells.
- Created: 2022
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Artist: Mariceliz Pagán-Gómez
from Iowa City, Iowa
maricelizpagangomezstudio.com