Mary A. Waters
dal 27/5/2015 al 24/9/2015
Segnalato da
27/5/2015
Mary A. Waters
Galerie Piece Unique, Paris
New Works. Fascinated by the art of the Italian Renaissance as well as the art of the Dutch and British Golden Age, she had to satisfy her curiosity with the reproductions, often in black and white, she could find on catalogues.
Mary A. Waters grew up in Ireland, where the access to the masterpieces of the
museums and to the rich illustrated books of the libraries was very difficult. Fascinated
by the art of the Italian Renaissance as well as the art of the Dutch and British Golden
Age, she had to satisfy her curiosity with the reproductions, often in black and white,
she could find on catalogues. This indirect contact with artworks deeply impressed her
reflection, and the use of reproductions is at the core of her artistic approach.
The picture of a painting, the reproduction, not the original one, is for her
the starting point to create an image. She acts as an image-hunter, on her
canvases she reclaims characters from the most famous portraits of the
History of Art that she combines with a contemporary touch: the free use of
colors, loans from cinematographic techniques, monochrome backgrounds
and the reflection of images are actually associable to post-moderns
practices.
According to the artist, the symbolic value of an original (economic and
historic values) as well as the context in which we observe it, influence our
sensing, whereas a reproduction allowing both the contact and the necessary
distance, gives us the opportunity to experiment fully these masterpieces. For
her third exhibition at Galerie Pièce Unique, Mary A. Waters goes deeper in her
pictorial researches and through these skillfully elaborated images, the artist
initiates us into feeling above all the timelessness and the power of Painting.
Image: Mary A. Waters
Openinig: Thursday May 28 th from 6pm to 9.30pm
Galerie Piece Unique
4 Rue Jacques Callot/ 26 rue Mazarine
Paris