Strata§pheres: Revisited, Completed
Posted by: Alicia M B Ballard   Jan 2nd, 2012  
Category: Mixed Media

I may occur that the dates of exhibitions and those of the completion of works may not “coincide”. This was the case with Strata§pheres. While it was shown during the month of September of 2011 (Past Exhibits and Events) I did not feel it was “completed” to my satisfaction…

 

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*In this work I have incorporated the acrylic skins of two transferred images.
☆ En ésta obra he incorporado las pieles acrílicas de dos imágenes transferidas.

These images were photographs taken by my dear friend Pedro Blanco/ “Arkhnómada”, spontaneous ethnicist, anthropologist, poet/writer whom, resides in Spain but, his compassionate soul stretches out to the smallest corners of the world.
☆ Estas imágenes son de fotografías tomadas por mi querido amigo Pedro Blanco/”Arkhonómada”, poeta/escritor, etnicista y antropólogo espontáneo, quien reside en España pero , su alma acompasionada se alberga hasta en los rincones más pequeños del mundo.

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* The child’s photograph was taken in Katmandu’s (main) Durbar Square, 2005.
☆ La fotografía de la niña fué tomada en la plaza principal “Danbar” de Katmandú, en 2005

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* The feet were photographed on a boat going from Bhamo to Mandalay, Myanmar, 2010…
☆ Los pies furon fotografiados en el barco de Bhamo a Madalay, Myanmar, 2010

 

What’s “behind” the work?
Strata, §pheres, Circles…. Loss. Evolution. Repetition. Advantage. Gain… Pain.
It is all about women, all women, everywhere. Anywhere.
The eternal struggle for survival plays out in many layered scenarios.
It does not appear to change through the centuries, no matter how evolved we fancy ourselves to be.
Primitive instincts (in some, more than in others) play out as if by magic! Over and over again…
Patterns repeat themselves and morph in and out of the sustained boundaries.
(… perhaps another way we “fractal”?)
Women and their lives … what they lack, what they inherit, what they beg for, acquire, what they usurp….   Woven materials are representing the interconnectedness of it all….

 

Que hay por detraz de la obra?                                                                                                                                       ☆ Strata, E§feras, Círculos… Pérdida. Evolución.
Ventaja. Ganancia… Dolor.
La obra se refiere a mujeres, a todas las mujeres, en todas partes. Donde sea.
La eterna lucha por la sobrevivencia se desenvuelve en muchas capas de distintos escenarios.
No parece cambiar a travez de los siglos, no importa lo evolucionados que nos creamos ser.
Instintos primitivos (en unas más fuertes que en otras) se presentan como por magia! Una y otra vez…
Las normas se repiten y transmutan dentro de parámetros contenidos.
(…. alomejor una forma en que “nosotros mismos” nos fractalizamos?)
Las mujeres y sus vidas… lo que no tienen, lo que heredan, por lo que ruegan, lo que adquieren, lo que usurpan….   Materiales telados representan la inter-coneccion de todo…


AB 112 – 24X48”/60.5×122.0cm

Acrylic, mixed media on stretched canvases.

$3.300.-









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