Ellas y Nosotras, 2018 Sculpture

Artist’s book Maria Patino Ellas y Nosotras series, 2018 9.5 x 6 x 1.5 inches Total book pages: 52 Mixed media on a discarded book An altered book is a form of mixed-media art that changes a book's original content by altering its appearance and/or meaning. I take old discarded books or bind a new one from discarded papers and ephemera. I glue cut, tear, fold, paint, draw, rebind, stamp, to alter its original form. I treat my artist’s books as visual journals, a space for me to express myself visually. I create one of a kind, handbound-books, each book has a different poetic narrative, reflection, each page's content contains unpredictable images, textures, and forms juxtaposed with paper collages, drawings, and paintings, found objects, and ephemera to become a syncretic artist book. I draw, paint, and collage images and treat each book as a sketchbook, a visual diary. This book took me about six months to finish it. Each page is unique, rare, one of a kind. My artwork is intuitive, guided by illusions, narratives, and references. I'm interested in the aesthetic of color, texture, and form and its potential to communicate universal messages of the past and present. My work is an ongoing investigation of human relationships, nature, and the abstract reality of time. Artists like Joseph Cornell, Bettye Saar, Nick Bantock are some of my inspiration for my work. Other artists that maintained a sketchbook over the years to record their experiences, thoughts, and observations like Leonardo Davinci, Jean Michel Basquiat, Frida Khalo to name a few have inspired me over the years. My artists' books are collected by private collectors and Universities

Sculpture:Fabric on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:6.5 W x 9.5 H x 1.5 D in

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