Helen Cozza: Build

Build by Helen Cozza : Opening Reception is Friday October 11th at Gallery716 at 716 Canyon Road Santa Fe, NM 87501 from 5pm to 8pm. All are welcome! This exhibition runs through November 8th. 

"My prints have moved out of the confines of frames and now exist as three-dimensional wall sculptures. The viewer can engage and experience each sculpture from multiple perspectives based on their vantage point and proximity to the work. Just as a builder requires specific materials and tools in order to construct a house, I use paper to construct my sculptures. Paper is more than a substrate for absorbing the ink of my  prints. Paper is a building material held together with glue rather than nails.
 

Architectural influences play a major role in these works. My goal with this exhibition was to create abstract, archetypal structures and to laminate them with printmaking imagery. The imagery although personally symbolic for me is hopefully of a universal nature capable of resonating with each viewer. Each piece demanded its own printmaking imagery and specific use of color. Once permanently adhered the prints work together with the building-like structures to tell stories and to slowly evoke memories of buildings and the rooms within them."