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DOMESTIC ANIMAL
work by Tricia Wright
Tricia Wright

Domestic Animal, Arched, 2014

Fabric, paper wasp nest, grouse feathers, mixed media

8 x 10 x 12 inches

work by Tricia Wright
Tricia Wright

Domestic Animal, Gullet, 2014

Iron, linen, paper, acrylic, modeling paste, wood

8 x 10 x 12 inches

"Domestic Animal is a series of small-scale mixed media sculptures that combine the softness of feathers with metal hardware and other materials. Despite our need for comfort and security, the home is a dangerous place to inhabit, at turns incendiary and nullifying. Beautiful to look at and soft to touch, the feathered forms are bound up with incongruous materials that suggest some of the more difficult aspects of this relationship. Antique linens provide a platform and a context for each piece, a reminder of the quiet labor that underscores the domestic environment."
- Tricia Wright

VITA
painting by Tricia Wright
Tricia Wright

Vita Ossa, 2012

Acrylic on canvas

36 x 60 inches

mixed media work by Tricia Wright
Tricia Wright

Ossa Orificium, 2012

Acrylic and metal hardware on canvas

36 x 60 inches

"VITA is a series of paintings with a shared motif based on the heart waveform. Each painting explores a single aspect of being alive, from material realities of skin and bone to intangible elements of love, time, and impermanence. The shared motif connotes life, the space around it not life; the boundaries separating these two spaces vary in character and sometimes the line is traversed. The series is conceived as an installation in which each canvas presents a unique scenario, but which also forms part of a larger pattern. Placed side by side the waveforms create a continuous horizontal band, amplifying the visual pulse and contributing to a larger rhythm."
- Tricia Wright
MIRROR STAGE REDUX
Tricia Wright, Late Mirror Stage series
Tricia Wright

Late Mirror Stage, Leaf Shadows, 2013

Acrylic on canvas

48 x 36 inches

Tricia Wright, Late Mirror Stage series
Tricia Wright

Late Mirror Stage, Light on the Wall II, 2013

Acrylic on canvas

48 x 36 inches

"Late Mirror Stage is a reference to the developmental phase in infancy when we first become aware of the self as a separate and individual identity; the French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan termed this the “mirror stage”. These paintings consider what it means to look in the mirror as adults, acknowledging the passage of time and the elusive nature of identity. Each canvas depicts an ornate Baroque frame whose elaborate form has been modified and distilled; each frame contains the reflection of shadows or the passing effects of light. The solid frames are reduced to flat schematic line; the formless shadows are painted as though real and present, reversing the natural order of material and immaterial and echoing the paradoxical nature of temporal life. These paintings highlight unexceptional domestic moments, fragments of time encapsulated in the quivering shadows of leaves or the fleeting patch of light on a bedroom wall. Commonplace objects like light fixtures or window blinds connect to my broader interest in domestic spaces, which underscores my practice."
- Tricia Wright
Artemis Hide by Tricia Wright
Tricia Wright

Artemis Hide, 2010

Paper, rubber, metal

25 x 21 inches (framed)

"True Value is a series of drawings made by pricking the design through the reverse of the paper. The series examines the relationship between decoration and function, and the value judgments attached to each, and it looks at the dichotomy between perception and reality that permeates the lives of ordinary women. The drawings reference lace, doilies and other decorative materials associated with the domestic world, embedded with functional hardware and component parts. The works make reference to intimate body parts and bodily functions, and to skin textures like goose flesh, stubble, and razor rash. By piercing the designs directly into skin of the paper I am also implying tattooing, branding and social imprinting. The title for the series is a reference to the chain of hardware stores where I find my materials, and which underscores the questions driving this work."
- Tricia Wright
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