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This 3d work is a new one, part of a series of pieces on the themes of "change" and "identity”. I used a new technique that mixes together drawing, folding and cutting, the media is always the same: reused paper from magazines, leaflets, advertising materials, books. I like to say “paper which lived previous lives”. Have you ever asked yourself: "What makes me, me?" Is it the place where I come from, my job or maybe my family? We tend to think that we have a kind of essence that defines us once and for all, that is permanent and unchangeable, while our identity is a sum of many different "me". It is like a puzzle where every piece represents a "me" and all together make what I am. Our identity changes all the time and takes different forms as we interpret different roles at work, inside our family, in society. The face has been depicted in 2 different poses and in 2 sheets of reused paper from magazines that are then folded and cut giving rise to a paper mesh. The 2 cut and folded sheets of paper have then been layered creating a scrambled effect. The image is blurred and almost abstract when seen from a short distance. Everything has been encased in an acrylic plastic box. 2 panels.
This 3d work is a new one, part of a series of pieces on the themes of "change" and "identity”. I used a new technique that mixes together drawing, folding and cutting, the media is always the same: reused paper from magazines, leaflets, advertising materials, books. I like to say “paper which lived previous lives”. Have you ever asked yourself: "What makes me, me?" Is it the place where I come from, my job or maybe my family? We tend to think that we have a kind of essence that defines us once and for all, that is permanent and unchangeable, while our identity is a sum of many different "me". It is like a puzzle where every piece represents a "me" and all together make what I am. Our identity changes all the time and takes different forms as we interpret different roles at work, inside our family, in society. The face has been depicted in 2 different poses and in 2 sheets of reused paper from magazines that are then folded and cut giving rise to a paper mesh. The 2 cut and folded sheets of paper have then been layered creating a scrambled effect. The image is blurred and almost abstract when seen from a short distance. Everything has been encased in an acrylic plastic box. 2 panels.
This 3d work is a new one, part of a series of pieces on the themes of "change" and "identity”. I used a new technique that mixes together drawing, folding and cutting, the media is always the same: reused paper from magazines, leaflets, advertising materials, books. I like to say “paper which lived previous lives”. Have you ever asked yourself: "What makes me, me?" Is it the place where I come from, my job or maybe my family? We tend to think that we have a kind of essence that defines us once and for all, that is permanent and unchangeable, while our identity is a sum of many different "me". It is like a puzzle where every piece represents a "me" and all together make what I am. Our identity changes all the time and takes different forms as we interpret different roles at work, inside our family, in society. The face has been depicted in 2 different poses and in 2 sheets of reused paper from magazines that are then folded and cut giving rise to a paper mesh. The 2 cut and folded sheets of paper have then been layered creating a scrambled effect. The image is blurred and almost abstract when seen from a short distance. Everything has been encased in an acrylic plastic box. 2 panels.

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the real me #4 Installation

Paola Bazz

Italy

Installation, Paper on Cardboard

Size: 39.4 W x 19.7 H x 2 D in

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This 3d work is a new one, part of a series of pieces on the themes of "change" and "identity”. I used a new technique that mixes together drawing, folding and cutting, the media is always the same: reused paper from magazines, leaflets, advertising materials, books. I like to say “paper which lived previous lives”. Have you ever asked yourself: "What makes me, me?" Is it the place where I come from, my job or maybe my family? We tend to think that we have a kind of essence that defines us once and for all, that is permanent and unchangeable, while our identity is a sum of many different "me". It is like a puzzle where every piece represents a "me" and all together make what I am. Our identity changes all the time and takes different forms as we interpret different roles at work, inside our family, in society. The face has been depicted in 2 different poses and in 2 sheets of reused paper from magazines that are then folded and cut giving rise to a paper mesh. The 2 cut and folded sheets of paper have then been layered creating a scrambled effect. The image is blurred and almost abstract when seen from a short distance. Everything has been encased in an acrylic plastic box. 2 panels.

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Multi-paneled Installation:

Paper on Cardboard

Original:

One-of-a-kind Artwork

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39.4 W x 19.7 H x 2 D in

Number of Panels:

2

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I am an anglo-italian artist based in Italy. I create art across the digital and physical realms exploring the concept of ‘Identity’ using different media, from 3d physical paper collage portraits to NFTs avatars (ed. The Other Avatars first NFTs Saatchi Art project). Art and Creativity have always been a form of escapism and survival for me, a kind of virtual world where to find peace. The Virtual/Digital and the Real/Physical are part of my practice. The main material for my physical works is usually recycled paper that I repurpose from magazines, books, catalogues etc.. Paper is a very interesting and complex material in itself, but it becomes more intriguing when printed, as it turns into a binder of messages. Having been trained as an architect, I can’t help myself from planning each of my works. I have developed different techniques and I like to choose the one that intuitively attracts me in that moment, to balance the other very rational approach to planning. The subjects of my works are often chosen around the topic of identity, including its continuous transformation, its intangibility and its cryptic nature. My choice of people as subjects - either ordinary or celebrities - is aimed at exploring the inadequacy of a portrait to describe that person. With an image, it is possible to fix only a fragment of the complex nature of their identity. Printed-paper steeped with fragmented messages is, therefore, the perfect medium to represent this complex, fragile and ungraspable nature. Using everyday objects such as paper, I also want people to investigate into our consumerist society where we conceive our goals in life through acquiring goods that we do not need and where our identity is defined by what we buy and exhibit. Like our identities, my portraits are fluid and mobile, and our perception of them changes as we move around them. From up close, the subjects become abstract compositions, making the viewer engage with matters beyond what is immediately visible, and through this I try to raise public awareness about other issues relating to our environment, our privacy and the complex notion of time too.

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