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Sara CrispUntitled (Butterfly) : mixed media work of art2006
2006
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Sara Crisp embeds found organic objects such as starfish, butterfly wings and fossils into the wax surfaces of her paintings. They have often been compared to medieval reliquaries, fossilized amber, and naturalist’s journals. Although the placement of the component objects is carefully planned, she comes across these artifacts by chance. This duality between control and spontaneity is prominent in her work. The result is visually seductive and symbolically suggestive, balancing scientific objectivity and romantic subjectivity. Her work comes across as precise, even clinical, at times, their surfaces scored and traversed by carefully measured lines and geometric forms. Carefully fashioned, polygonal sections of mica, a transparent mineral, cover the center of each painting.
In addition to celebrating the process involved in creating an object, Crisp’s art functions as a memorial to the once-living objects inside the work. In the spirit of post-Minimalists such as Jackie Winsor and Lynda Benglis, the marks on her surfaces also function as placeholders on a timeline of personal activity, although, Crisp’s work has a humanity that escapes many of her forebears.
- Creator:Sara Crisp
- Creation Year:2006
- Dimensions:Height: 18 in (45.72 cm)Width: 18 in (45.72 cm)
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- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1911211920942
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