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Currently I am focusing on the theme of self-perception - how we view our physical selves differently by various means making us unable to refer to any source as truly reliable. Despite our awareness of this, we still base our opinions of ourselves and often our self-worth on these sources as we build up an idea of what we look like and who we are, which may or may not be accurate. We observe ourselves in many ways, watching our body and aesthetics alter and shift throughout our lives, mostly beyond our control.
I have gathered various imagery; flipping images and using distorted mirrors to look at how easily our perception of ourselves can be altered. I am currently exploring this theme through sculpture looking at the idea of a second skin as can be seen in the sketchbook scans above. I am experimenting with creating something which I can attach to the body to explore symmetry in the human form.
I have researched artists such as Louise Bourgeois as she isolates aspects of the human form in a fascinating way, often distorting them highlighting the function of the form and how exposure of the body can affect the way in which it is perceived. I have referenced FKA Twigs also as she uses her body throughout cross platform work, twisting and contorting it pushing physical boundaries.
I was talking to myself in the bathroom, and suddenly my reality lost its structure, shapes and movements lost their meanings, and then I discovered I didn't want to my perception to put me in a useful reality anymore, I didn't want to give shapes a function, I decided to forget forever the content I learned to give to what I see ; my damaged perception lost me in the lines and colors I see, but at least I really see them for themselves, I give them the form I want, and now contemplating the world is like contemplating myself ; destroying my perception was creating my reality, painting my reality, giving to the world the shape of my insanity : destroying my perception was art.
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Our Views, Our Lives, Our Experiences, Our PERCEPTIONS
www.emmanuelli.us/perceptions.html
The exhibit is being shown at:
Broadway Suites
99 Madison Avenue 5th and 6th Floors
New York NY
Alongside work from other artists as of September 1st, 2010.
An opening reception will be held Thursday October 7th, 2010 at 6pm.
Doorways to perception: between the 2nd and 29th of April 2012, the group Art-est have been showcasing their mixed technique exhibition to communicate their thoughts and feeling about politic, environment, women issues among others.
35 cm x 56 cm Multimedia collage composed of acrylic paint, paper and gel pen. It was created through inverting, resizing, printing, tearing apart and putting together one composition of faces and hands.
“Perception” portrays how some may feel estranged from familiar settings amidst dissociative episodes.