2015- 2016
Making space for painting
I wanted to go beyond the focus on the orifices characteristic of the previous work (see That That is Not on my site www.katerinapapazissi.com ) to more painterly and juicy approach.
To attain a pictorial expansiveness, and assert materiality.
A desire of the flesh to expand, to see itself portrayed.
I had a vision (I think maybe a dream) of many folds, many bodily orifices creating their own kind of space perpetually in movement. This drawing resulted
Still, in this series the body is trying to break free from the grids and hard structures that contain it.
Here is a sample of the drawings
Making space for painting
I wanted to go beyond the focus on the orifices characteristic of the previous work (see That That is Not on my site www.katerinapapazissi.com ) to more painterly and juicy approach.
To attain a pictorial expansiveness, and assert materiality.
A desire of the flesh to expand, to see itself portrayed.
I had a vision (I think maybe a dream) of many folds, many bodily orifices creating their own kind of space perpetually in movement. This drawing resulted
Soft pastel on paper, 18x24cm
Thus result this series, subsequently entitled Psychomachia, which consists of drawings with soft pastel and smaller watercolours.
The drawings, that oppose geometrical to organic abstract forms, make a transition from my past to my current work.Still, in this series the body is trying to break free from the grids and hard structures that contain it.
Here is a sample of the drawings
The Battle I, 2016 87.5x125cm
The Flood, 2016 87.5x125cm
The Battle II, 2016 87.5x125cm
Quay, 2106 Watercolour and soft pastel on paper, 21x30cm
Untitled, 2016. Watercolour on paper 24x29cm
Gross anatomy, 2016 22x33cm
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