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Love Letters - Franz Kafka to Felice Bauer, 11 Nov 1912 Collage

Cynthia Grow

Collage, Acrylic on Paper

Size: 12 W x 9 H x 0.1 D in

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ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Mixed-media. Acrylic and Graphite on Book. Edited collection of love letters written by historical figures and literary greats - famous lovers throughout the ages. The phrases of the hand-written pieces correspond to loving, passionate, sometimes humorous excerpts from each letter, the text partially obscured by paint ground. Makes a powerful statement grouped in multiples. Show your intellectual side - a great gift for that special someone, especially book lovers. Works on Paper: I work in series, in two seemingly incongruous yet similar veins; abstract pieces on wood panels and text-based works on paper. Both are inspired by and born out of the same concept – language and memory. I paint over found texts – old books, magazines, newspapers, maps, and photos – obliterating the original text and images with a thin layer of paint. The paint forms a ground from which I tease out words and imagery. As the paint dries, the obscured words and images begin to rise to the surface. Ultimately, I paint or write fragments of text removed from their original context on the dried paint ground. The paintings subvert and transform language, creating a new form. The pieces become a palimpsest of sorts – secret words and hidden images as metaphor for the unseen that exists in all of us.

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Collage:

Acrylic on Paper

Original:

One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:

12 W x 9 H x 0.1 D in

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Cynthia Grow is a visual artist whose work explores the interstices between art and language. For nearly two decades, she has lived and worked between the U.S., Italy, and Spain. She is now based in her native Florida, working between there and extended periods in Barcelona. Influenced by her studies in literature, she works alternately between abstract paintings and text-based conceptual works on paper. She harnesses the same sources of inspiration for both – language and memory – and achieves an overall aesthetic signature marked by strong senses of mood, poetry, and atmosphere. Cynthia studied painting at Accademia d’Arte in Florence, Italy and has completed projects at residencies throughout Italy and Spain, as well as seminars at New York Studio School, National Academy School of Fine Art, and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. In addition to studio training, she completed a Graduate Certificate program in Modern and Contemporary Art, Connoisseurship, & the Art Market at Christie's Education New York and holds a Master's degree with a concentration in Modern Arts & Literature. Cynthia has exhibited works in New York, Los Angeles, and Miami as well as galleries and cultural centers in Europe including Florence, Venice, Rome, Milan, Madrid, and Barcelona. Her work has been featured in prizes, publications, and exhibitions across both continents. **Please Scroll Down to bottom of page to the Collections/Artist Series Tab to sort my work by Series.**

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