Carmen Teixidor

Lives and works in New York, NY, USA

Artist statement

The figure has been a central focus of my work for as long as I can remember, be it with plaster and chicken wire, photographs, or digital art. I create imaginary figures, which I describe as fictitious. To me they are more real than reality itself. My figures have evolved over the years and have taken many forms partially due to the tools and media I use. I photographed mirror reflections of my body where it appears intersected by the multiple mirror edges. When using mylar as a reflective surface the body becomes fluid and develops strange appendages. My digitally constructed figures appear three-dimensional, evoking my early sculptures, and even standing as preliminary models for actual sculptures. I try to exploit the full potential of the tools and media I use until I hit their limitations. Each tool serves a function allowing me to explore a variety of themes. Using the computer and its graphic applications allows me to integrate the various results in hybrid forms and collages, seamlessly combining original photographs, photographs of my sculptures, and digital creations in ever renewed contexts. In the submitted samples the artworks are united by my systematic use of skin as a symbol, as a medium, and as the matter of choice. "Chess Figures and Other Things" involve a sculptural operation, digitally carving and molding my skin fabrics -an earlier digital assemblage of photographic close ups of my skin- into shapes that seem to have weight and volume, and can...

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