Helena Parriott

Lives and works in Alto Paraíso de Goiás, State of Goiás, Brazil

Artist statement

In the midst of our processes, artists exist in relationship to industry, and our environments which are built through industrialially created and extracted materials. Contemporary artists have access to materials and pigments, tools, and processes via the mechanisms of heavy industry. Materials seized by artists are then transformed in alchemical practice. Dissociation, as my paintings are referenced, is a term used to describe the process of one to disconnect from their surroundings as a result of trauma. The works present a space of dislocation, portals into a new imagining of elements. I wish to give a referencial ladder between the world as it is, and the possibility of something completely different. Considering what harmony, vitality, and joy mean to me and channeling this feeling through the paintings. My paintings are an investigation of the nature of polymerized paint material, edges, layers, and entropy while referencing materials from the external urban environment as conceptual stimulants. The works in this series involve mold formed skins, taken from pre-existing surfaces and objects. Acrylic paint is the primary medium of the work, which forms into a malleable component of the compositions.

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