Elisa D’Arrigo
Elisa D’Arrigo
Workspace Program Resident 1993
“In all my work, the repetition of similar units are meant to evoke and muse upon the way form occurs-from the cellular to the cosmological.” —Elisa D’Arrigo
Working in various materials, Elisa D’Arrigo creates largely abstract images that often make reference to nature, the body, and personal memory. D’Arrigo’s interest in memories comes for her personal interest and struggle with figuring out ways to represent how a memory changes over time in the mind of the viewer. A memory is not simply a visual image but rather a combination of our five senses. D’Arrigo strives to synthesize the experience of these sensations over time into a single image. Using repetition, she communications an organic process of unfolding both on a micro and macro level. Her works appear to be expanding and continuing on into the spaces in which they inhabit. Elisa D’Arrigo’s paper sculptures look toward nature forms in the sea, seaweed, shells and barnacles.
About the Artist
Elisa D’Arrigo (b. Bronx, NY, 1953-) received a BFA from the State University of New York at New Paltz in 1984. She has also been an artist-in-residence at MacDowell, NH and Yaddo, NY. She has also received a Grant Ariana Foundation for the Arts, Inc. and a NYFA Fellowship Award for Works on Paper. The artist lives and works in New York City. (Source: Artnet)
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