My current series of drawings and sculptures offer a continued exploration of the elemental line and the impact it has on the structure and context of its surrounding space. The calligraphic or linear inscriptions are quirky and awkward, casually or forcefully dissecting, defining, and highlighting divisions within a whole.

In my two dimensional constructions transparent vellum allows one to see through and beyond. The material is embossed, cut, crumpled, or drenched with water, as lines meander and divide. My titles often reference old maps and geography. Maps contain traces of memory and layers of information through noting natural details, shifts in boundaries, pathways that have been forgotten or rerouted, and provide a basic entryway into the complexities of geographical space.

The sculptures are topographical extensions of the drawings, and simple lines are also used to mark parameters and stress dichotomies. Pattern and textural changes underscore irregular relationships and forms revert back and forth between flat and expanded space.

Through out the interplay of odd shapes, incongruous material, and a pale palette I strive to retain a sense of simplicity so that physical subtleties can be emphasized and psychological associations elicited.

 

 

Nicholette Kominos