Maria Elvira Dieppa "Closer to the Sun"
PS122 Gallery
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PS122 Short-term Gallery Residency Program presents Closer to the Sun - New Paintings, Maria Elvira Dieppaʼs first solo-exhibition in New York.
This capstone exhibition is comprised of works completed during Dieppaʼs three-month residency at PS122 Gallery in the East Village area of New York City. Though the works range drastically in scale, they engage with each other in a language that Dieppa has made entirely her own.
In this new body of work, Maria Elvira Dieppa continues to apply what has become her signature mélange of techniques: staining, splattering, dripping and layering of gestural brush work; yet, this time, she has challenged herself by limiting her typically extravagant palette. The resultant monochromatic, oil paintings of blue, orange, and white appear more organic and liberated, cleverly incorporating raw canvas in areas that afford her bold forms room to breath, and provide the viewer with a variety of delightful entry-points into each composition. Juxtaposed against these large-scale canvases—reminiscent of early Abstract Expressionism—are over thirty 6-inch, square paintings on paper that embody the same dynamism and spontaneity as her larger paintings.
Maria Elvira Dieppa lives and works in both Barranquilla, Colombia and New York City. She received her B.F.A. from Parsons School of Design, and has since exhibited her work group exhibitions throughout Europe, South America, and Brooklyn, NY.
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Schedule
from June 21, 2012 to June 29, 2012
Opening Reception on 2012-06-26 from 19:00 to 21:00