LINDA SUFFIDY RELIQUARY 03 2022 33.5 x 28.75” Media: Acrylic on sintra and frame https://suffidy.com/ https://www.instagram.com/linda_suffidy/ ARTIST BIO
PROJECT STATEMENT The magnolia is represented enmeshed in radiating waves, symbolizing the persistence of regeneration.
Contemplating the enormity of time fills me with awe. The vastness of the millennia is beyond our frame of reference. What existed in the world through the eons? What countless generations of life have come into being? Discovering a clue – such as an ancient fossil – is a source of wonder. This feeling drives my art practice. My current body of work explores the incredible longevity of nature. The ginkgo, fern, and magnolia are archetypes of persistence. They exist today in a similar form to their ancestors who lived over a hundred million years ago. These plants are presented as timeless icons: simultaneously ancient fossils, contemporary objects, and artifacts for the future. They are reliquaries containing precious potential for continuation. These plants demonstrate that given a chance, nature will ultimately survive. My technique has grown out of experimentation with painting and printmaking. The work is hung on walls and is part painting and part sculpture. Found frames are fitted with boards. I carve and incise the boards to create a dimensional surface for painting. Each work contains an area of focus that is richly detailed, where layering is employed as a metaphor for time.
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