Milisa Galazzi

"My work is about human connections punctuated by physical distance and separation by time. Thoughts and observations about universal human characteristics create the impulse to make an object, and in this way the work is a visual footprint of my thinking. My paintings, sculpture, and installations explore light, space, and layering, while visually allude to the power of human relationships, the passage of time, and my place within that continuum. Rope, thread, paper, wax, and lace, together with repetition and the use of words, often find a home in my art. These elements are metaphors for human connections and memories held together over time. My works are enduring conversations about relationships - both literal and visual - while simultaneously celebrating the fortitude of the human spirit." MG Milisa Galazzi is best known for her three dimensional hand sewn shadow drawings, her printed works on paper, and her richly layered abstract paintings. Her artwork highlights the interrelated forces of the physical world particularly when these associations are punctuated by substantial distance or separation by time. Through subtle visual layering, Galazzi acknowledges the passage of time as well as celebrates the power of human connections over generations. "Creating webs of cut paper that produce "a visible dance of light" when suspended in layers slightly away from the wall, Milisa Galazzi reminds us that structure is not just an armature for mass. In her String Theory series, Galazzi draws with hand stitching on paper, then cuts the paper along the lines of the stitching and dips the resulting lattice into beeswax. Because wax transparentizes the paper as well as stiffens it, light hitting the structure appears to illuminate it internally. At the same time, because the illuminated web has physicality, the layers of paper cast multiple shadows. Galazzi has brilliantly created object, image and silhouette as a kind of dimensional lace." Joanne Mattera

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