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Krista Grecco |
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ARTIST STATEMENT
I view my sculptures as souvenirs of
life, immortalizing the awkward, piecing
and pairing together the partially
remembered bits of our past. I
draw from memory, allowing
the media, popular culture and the tales
of my own and others to mingle and
mangle together. Old stuffed
animals, figurines and dolls are forms
that I like to work with because they
are absolutely steeped in nostalgia and
peculiarity. Beyond the surface of
sugary-sweetness lies a residue of life,
reflected in the nicks and tears that
detail an unknown past. I am not
concerned with portraying the physical
exactness of an object or figure, I want
to reveal the emotion linked to its
memory; the visceral details. As a
result, my work seems to exist in a
realm between attractive and repulsive,
real and unreal.
The construction of my work is varied and approached intuitively. I work in earthenware, stoneware, porcelain and bone china to accommodate for large or small scale work. Though I rely on a vast technical knowledge of clay and glaze materials, my building process is more experimental. Molded, hand built or thrown parts are blurred together so at times the technique is unclear. It is not important to me if the viewer knows my building process; the final result and sentiment is what I want the viewer to experience.
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