SOLD. Wood Panel. 38 x 48.
Acrylic Painting
Mar
25
SOLD. 2 Piece Diptic Painting
21 x 40 & 30 x 40
Acrylic on Wood Panel
For Sale. Email info@luisapariselli.com for more info.
Mar
10
The approach that I took to this assignment was to somehow get in touch with a more personal connection between my work and the people in our class. I wanted people to trust me with their honest answers to the question of love and hate. I collected data from the class asking everyone to think of the most important person in their life and then to follow it with one reason why they love them and the one reason why they hate them. All answers were left anonymous and so were the people they were talking about.
The process of development stemmed from the idea that these were peoples secrets at hand. Although left completely anonymous, displaying them in an installation was something that I wanted to do without entirely revealing such personal information. The choice of my concept was very much influenced by the work on surrealist painter, Salvador Dali and his paintings depicting the human body turning into drawers. The symbolism of opening up the soul is what drew me to search for a drawer that has been a witness to better days. The decaying wood is symbolic for someone’s life span and the damage that holding a secret can hold on the body.
The drilling of the holes and the placement of optical lenses were to emphasize perspective and the idea of “the viewer” or “spectator” intruding in on personal space. The lenses range from high plus and minus lenses, which make the same writing come closer to the viewer, or making the writing seem smaller and much more distant. Working in the field of optometry, I have come to bear witness that it is very rare for one person to share the same prescription as someone else. This is symbolic for the piece, almost as if to mention that everyone has someone they love and admire, yet their reasons are vastly diverse.
The material of the piece is based on old wood that was found around the city. The drawer handles are rusted and the wood is decayed. The top of another drawer sits on top of the other, covering the handwriting at the bottom of it. Various plus and minus lenses were placed within holes that were drilled into the wood, allowing the viewer to interact with the piece. This allows for them to peek inside what seems to be the inside of someone and snoop into secrets that are not supposed to be revealed. The secrets sit amongst one another to represent unity as well. Everyone has them, yet everyone is afraid to let them go.
Jan
30
Need to splash some colour in your space? The following pieces are back from shows, gallery walls and well, my studio space. With a new semester starting and my studio getting tighter, I’ve realized that I have to part from some of my work. As of right now, everything below is for sale and I am willing to sell it at a reasonable cost. Feel free to email me @ lp@luisapariselli.com if you are interested in any pieces. Thanks!
Jan
26
Basing this installation on the concept of “the home front” and what it means to me, I merged my idea of what home is. This was the end product.
It tackles the idea of the nuclear family and the socially constructed roles of a mother and father within a home. It merges in inner ways of a family and the exterior front. I wanted to merge the two. I wanted to bring both onto a level of equal playing ground based on a European background that places the idea of male superiority into the minds of the past.
Song of Choice: To Build A Home-The Cinematic Orchestra
Jan
14
A logo I created to unify the queer women in Toronto creating events for women around the city. Its simple, it’s fresh and it brands the East side of Toronto’s Gay female community.
What is DEC (Dirty East Collective)?
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