Description: Contemporary artist working within drawing, painting, collage, and installation, including site-specific installation.
We are no longer beings but sensations DXIX Projects Office K102A (Painting area) Visual Arts Building, Department of Art and Art History, Colorado State University 551 W. Pitkin Street, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA (visitors can park at the Lory Student Center parking) Opening: April 6, 5:00 - 7:00 pm; Artist talk between 5:00 and 5:30 pm, opening will follow Duration: April 6 - July 31, 2023 (open through the summer) Opening hours: By appointment ** No shoes allowed in the space
DXIX is pleased to present We are no longer beings but sensations , a solo exhibition project by artist Marina Kassianidou. This project is a site-responsive installation of works that fit within and are framed by existing elements in the space of K102A Office. The works primarily include paintings and collages on patterned fabrics, engineered wood, and wood-patterned vinyl. These mass-produced surfaces are commonly found in domestic spaces, forming part of the constructed interior landscapes in which we ex
Due to the artist’s process of working and her sometimes small and subtle gestures, confusion arises between the printed images, the collaged marks, the natural marks, and the painted marks. The works sometimes emerge as paintings, sometimes as collages, and sometimes as readymade fabrics or as pieces of wood. They, thus, challenge the viewers’ eyes, asking them to pay attention to seemingly straightforward materials. Marina’s interventions turn these materials into objects of study and visual excavation, b