Amalia De Lorenzi - BIECTR

From Tuesday September 8 to Saturday October 24, 2020

Opening Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 September from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

ARTEFACT / ARTIFACT

I like slow processes and the reflection that arises when my hand meets the materials and I work with the tools.

In my journey as an artist, creating textiles and simply moulding were means I explored before I came in contact with the printed image.

Therefore, in my printmaking process, I naturally pay special attention to the support on which the ink rests (fine Japanese paper, butcher paper, plastic film, or felt and craft felt).

Over time, the assembly process has become increasingly important in my work. Printing is only the start: the beginning of the work in progress and not its outcome.

I like to seek, experiment and let myself be surprised by connecting elements, forms and materials. Sometimes, the sensual attraction to a texture comes first. Sometimes, inversely, the need to accurately express my goals guides me, but it can happen all at once, with a magically exhilarating “synchronicity.”

These games and various maneuvers also allow me to let go and allow fate to play a role at the beginning of a process in which I know very quickly that my need for precision and mastery will inevitably emerge.

While the organic aspect of the world resonates with me and fascinates me, today the paradoxes, scars and wounds (sources of tensions) that I find there assert themselves in my artistic work.

Trying to establish a balance between antagonistic elements is my way of confronting the chaos: that is where my incomprehension lies and I endeavour to imbue it with meaning.