All That Shines Under The Dirt - Flower 1 (2020) Scultura da Laura Quattrocchi

Venduto da Laura Quattrocchi

Lavoro singolo

Opera firmata dall'artista

Certificato di autenticità incluso

Quest'opera d'arte appare in 1 collezioni

Opera d'arte originale (One Of A Kind) Scultura, Alluminio / Filo su Oggetto

Classificazione delle opere

Lavoro singolo (OOAK / Opera d'arte originale)

Le opere d'arte uniche sono anche conosciute come arte "OOAK". Ciò significa che ogni opera d'arte è unica e che non ce ne sarà mai un'altra identica.
Dimensioni Altezza 168in, Larghezza 60in / 15.00 lb
Adatto per l'esterno? No, Questa opera d'arte non può essere visualizzata all'aperto
Categorie Sculture sotto i 20.000 USD Pop Art Fiore

All That Shines Under The Dirt is an immersive installation composed of giant flowers made out of found crashed cans in one of the Detroit 's neighborhood. I made 19 large scale flowers (inspired by drawings made by kids and people of the neighborhood on the floor of a local art space ). I collected and washed crashed cans for about 20 months. There's a video documentation, if you are interested. I assembled all the flowers mechanically using wire, can by can. After many failed approaches I found a way to assemble the cans that was stable. The sculpture has 2 facings different from each other. It's meant to hang from the ceiling. I like it suspended but it can also be mounted on the wall.
I am self thought. My background is in dance but my mind likes to assemble structures with all kinds of materials.
I work mostly with trash or disposable objects. I see trash as energy. My work is inspired by The First Law of Thermodynamics (Conservation) which states that energy is always conserved, it cannot be created or destroyed. "The total amount of energy and matter in the Universe remains constant, merely changing from one form to another. I sense this constantly and I can't stop thinking about it.
Trash/Litter is here to stay but I can make it beautiful. People walk by it and don't see it. Even when people see my sculptures they don't realize it's trash; they think I crash the cans by hands!
Artist Statement for the project.
All That Shines Under The Dirt is what catches my eyes, sparks of light under the dirt, dormant energy lost in space, traces of human behavior which I sense and have a desire to gather. I feel if I assemble all this energy together into a new form I will understand something about myself my surroundings and our human fragility. It’s also my desire to pick up the disposable and give it a second chance to be seen.

Temi correlati

Flower Can Art Crashed Cans Cans Alluminum

Laura Quattrocchi

Stati Uniti

Laura Quattrocchi is a movement and visual artist. Laura was born in Padova, Italy and moved to New York City in 1995 to study contemporary dance and relocated to Detroit in 2016. Central to her dance development was studying improvisation with Daniel Lepkoff, and Elaine Summers ( Kinetic Awareness). She discovers her interest in visual arts and fabrication after collaborating with visual artists on dance projects. In 2000 she joins shuagroup.org founded by Joshua Bisset. Her current practice includes concepts, fabrication, set design, performance and visual art.
She is a founding member of a community space called Andy Arts in Detroit.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME
I love moving.
As long as I can remember, I was always interested in moving. Dance was my way into studying this world. It took many years and lots of traveling to understand in this messy field what I was really interested in.
It was not dance forms or styles.
My passion was really to learn the mechanics of movement, our animal-self.
With that I found Freedom, freedom from form, institutions, academia, competition, a safe and solid place where I could teach myself about myself where I could sense myself in relation to everything else.
With that I found the beautiful logic of life and its elements, the connection to my weight, my energy, gravity, air, life, The Earth, and It changed my placement in the world.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Form is the result of energy patterns, behavior, accidents, chemical balance....
Form is always there
Possibilities are always there.

I sense energy around me.
I observe my body and how it connects to everyday life through movements.
I practice movement improvisation
I practice listening, seeing.
I practice using my hands.
I practice cleaning outside.
I practice patience.
I practice saying hi to people.

My work at least for now feels like a puzzle. Gathering pieces to understand the whole pictures, to fix what’s broken, to find what’s missing.
It helps me coping with the madness of the world of human beings.
It reminds me of beauty.
It keeps me hopeful.
It keeps me alert.