Mary Schiliro
Artist Statement:
My painting/sculpture hybrids are films of translucent, fluid color suspended in space. They expand the boundaries of both traditions and explore new possibilities of presentation. Process and materials are intricately woven together and connect to my ideas. I dip sheets of Mylar into thinned acrylic paint and hang them on a clothesline allowing the paint to drip and run as it dries. Some aspects of my process are predetermined while others are left up to chance. An element of surprise results from the random, accidental qualities inherent in the dipping and dripping process. In advance, I decide on the size and shape of the Mylar, as well as the size and location of the holes. Once the Mylar is dipped, gravity and the fluidity of the paint mixture take over. The works hang a few inches away from the wall. Light is transmitted through the Mylar, projecting color and shadows onto the wall. I enjoy working with both the highly saturated, physical presence of color and the changing nature of light. I am interested in the tangible and real versus the ephemeral and impermanent as metaphors for the human condition.
Artist Biography:
Mary Schiliro lives and works in New York City. She received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Hunter College of the City University of New York. Her work has been widely exhibited across the United States. Internationally, she has exhibited in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, and Hungary.
Schiliro has participated in two centennial celebrations of early modernist movements in Europe. In 2017, Mondriaan to Dutch Design, a celebration of the De Stijl movement took place in Leiden, the Netherlands. And in 2019, CENTURY idee Bauhaus began at dr. julius | ap in Berlin and later traveled to Veszprém, Hungary and Soest, Germany. Her work was recently on view in Contemporary Explorations in Concrete Sculpture, RAUM SCHROTH/Museum Wilhelm Morgner in Soest, Germany.
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Member Since: 2014
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