ARTIST STATEMENT
The physical motion of my own body propels my work, moving through a variety of materials I pour, dye, stain, drip, hang, rip, and shred. Looking to entwine elements of textile, painting, and written language to evoke sensation in an engulfing manner. Utilizing a scale of 1:1 to envelope the viewer and implore them to stand head to head with the work, I am attempting to re-imagine the body as it reckons with processes of change, destruction, grief, and eventually re-birth. I draw connections to these personal states through materiality and presence, to negotiate what has happened and what I have learned from it, with my body as measure. The nature of the work is bodily, crude, and preliminary in its rendering as it attempts to connect experiences as physical spaces and investigate the gravity of choices we carry with us. My practice functions in a non-linear manner, collaging seemingly disconnected incidents and relationships to deconstruct protective behavior and the ways we can hurt each other. To be human is to be contradictory, and I look to make sense of these experiences and create spaces for recognition and emotional healing within my practice.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Grace Adamczyk is a multidisciplinary artist and writer based in New York City. She graduated with honors with a BFA in Fine Art and a minor in Creative Writing/Poetry from Parsons School of Design. Working with a cacophony of materiality moving between the physical and the digital realm, Adamczyk’s practice examines the history of media and its impact on the internet as we negotiate life between both worlds. With a focus on the femme body and the new spaces technological advancement has opened for abuse, objectification, and current trends of self-sexualization, Adamczyk’s work negotiates what we know, what we feel, and what we can imagine. What does it mean to relate to each other today?
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