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NIKKI BRUGNOLI
RISE
Silkscreen, acrylic ink, graphite, acrylic gel medium on Mylar
47 x 65 x 2 in.
Courtesy of the artist
ARTIST STATEMENT
RISE was born out of an experimental series I started in August 2020. The reality of the pandemic has meant a reorientation of HOME -- home as both living and working space; spending much more time at home; or losing the ease of "traveling back home" to see my family of origin/extended family in Pittsburgh. RISE aims to be a physical embodiment of reach, longing, expansion, and, in many ways, the unattainable. The repeated silkscreen image in RISE was taken from a specific landscape connected to my home that has my son embedded in it. He stands alone in the garden we created in March 2020. When the photo was taken, it was late summer, the garden bursting with life and wild with weeds and mosquitoes. My son gazes up at the sky.
This fleeting moment captures a kind of isolation, mystery, and independence. It nods to the resilience so many of us discovered during this uncertain and challenging time. |