Detail, Dencity
This Friday’s Feature artist is Stephanie Beck!
Her cut paper projects are extraordinary!
From her artist statement:
I am inspired by images of archaeological sites, architectural
history, aerial photos and my own explorations through various cities. My work plays with the manipulation of space and architectural structures; exploring patterns of settlement and structural design within real and imagined cities, in two and three-dimensional forms. I am interested in the formal qualities of architecture and also in how architecture reflects, or, alternatively, forms the lives and beliefs of the people who construct it. I see buildings and structures as surrogates for ourselves and use them to investigate and illustrate our human frailties.
But secretly I am most driven by a sense of wonder and play.
Her cut paper projects are extraordinary!
From her artist statement:
I am inspired by images of archaeological sites, architectural
history, aerial photos and my own explorations through various cities. My work plays with the manipulation of space and architectural structures; exploring patterns of settlement and structural design within real and imagined cities, in two and three-dimensional forms. I am interested in the formal qualities of architecture and also in how architecture reflects, or, alternatively, forms the lives and beliefs of the people who construct it. I see buildings and structures as surrogates for ourselves and use them to investigate and illustrate our human frailties.
But secretly I am most driven by a sense of wonder and play.
Lake, cut paper, glue, wooden base, 24 x 30 in., 2009
Detail, Valley, cut paper, glue, 16 x 11.25 in., 2008
Detail, Harbor, cut paper, glue, 12 x 12 in., 2008
Detail, Townships, cut paper, glue, 12 x 12 in., 2008
Orange Circuit, cut paper, ink, pigment, glue, 21 x 21 in., 2008
Blue Circuit: Ringstrasse, cut paper, ink, pigment, glue, 26 x 26 in., 2009
Detail, Section, cut paper, charcoal, 36 x 48 in., 2008
To learn more about Stephanie Beck, visit her website!
TGIF!
Mary^
TGIF!
Mary^
