PIETRA PAESINA

$Pietra Paesina is inspired by a rare and singular limestone, also known as ruin marble, that came into being millions of years ago, its layered strata bearing traces of its own formation. A process of deconstruction and subsequent re-imagining as objects positioned in space has culminated in an installation that reflects upon our individual, transient place in earth’s history whilst confronting the impact of humankind. Folds and fractures allude not only to notions of our own insignificance but also to change, disruption and collapse. The photographic image operates as fragment and illusion, asserting its presence not only as a reminder of time past, of what has been lost, but also as a portal into an imperfect, perhaps ruinous, future. The decision to reference vast geological scale and the never-ending continuum of the earth’s cycle through intimate, detailed pieces is suggestive of ideas of fragility and the art historical sources that inform the artist's practice. Juxtapositions of the singular and the repetitive, of the solid and the ephemeral and of reality and illusion offer a meditation upon the ever changeable, contingent nature of existence. Installation with: Sculpted Perspex multi-layered cube (20cm x 20cm) incorporating direct to media prints with plinth (120cm x 20cm x 20cm) containing lightbox beneath cube 6 Giclée prints (10cm x 10cm), individually folded, mounted in black floating frames (20cm x 20cm) Single edition$