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Presenting: Rosella Pessin Fida
When the skin becomes too thin
To hide what lies inside
And you,
MORENAKEDTHANEVER,
watch
Everything,
From inside,
Coming
Out.
Unfired clay installation, 2008
35”x 28”x 27”
Born in Italy, I live in Houston, U.S. and Amiens, France.
I like clay, and I feel that it responds to me.
I enjoy working with this material for its endless possibilities in terms of construction and surface finishes. I find in its fragility and strength a contradiction that mirrors human life and is deeply connected to myself. I work essentially with slabs, and my art relies mainly on the reaction of the clay: volumes, fissures and tearing due to the pressure of my fingers and the weight of the material. The piece’s memory appears printed on the surface, and I work with it.
Some of my installation works made with unfired clay are personal narratives. Others focus on social issues. For these, I enjoy working with the audience who is invited to materialize the artwork and become the Master of the creation and I take the place of the viewer.
My work in bronze, comes in opposition of my work in clay. Fighting with the idea of mortality, I reject the fragility of life as well as the fragility of the piece that at other moments fascinate me. I enjoy the feeling of being in control of the emotion and make it last for ever. At least that one.
Rosella Fida
06-03-79-53-45
RosellaPessinfida@yahoo.fr
www.thephoenixartgroup.com
www.etvoilatheatre.org
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