Jill Parisi

Vernal Efflorescence

2014

In this framed wall sculpture, digital prints and hand-colored lithography on hand-cut tissue weight kozo and gampi paper are cut to mimic botanical shapes and pinned with entomology pins to solid white foam core. Framed in a shadowbox with a light natural wooden frame. This work can be hung vertically or horizontally. Jill Parisi is a masterful printmaker who uses many methods and materials to create flora and fauna of imaginary ecosystems. Like a jazz musician, she is riffing on nature, taking colors, structures, etc. from a variety of species and places, and reconfiguring them in novel ways. Much of her work reacts to viewer proximity and airflow that ever so slightly animates the pieces. An observant the viewer is rewarded with remarkably detailed patterns, or with the discovery of other smaller and more delicate “species” hidden beneath the first layer. Materials such as translucent tissue-weight papers, feathers or glass inform these fantastic and ephemeral botanical species. Parisi’s drawings, prints and sculptures have also been starting points for fabrication in various other durable materials. Jill Parisi’s work has been exhibited widely including in International Print Center New York’s New Printsexhibitions, The Krakow Printmaking Triennials (2012, 2015), the International Print Network’s Graphically Extended exhibition in Oldenburg (2013) the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville 2016, and at Medjeback, in Falun, Sweden. Her work is in various private and public collections such as University of Iowa Stead Family Children...

In this framed wall sculpture, hand-colored intaglio prints on loktah tissue and hand-colored digital prints on kozo paper cut to mimic botanical shapes and pinned with entomology pi...

In this bright and colorful paper sculpture, a fantastical botanical form in vibrant orange, lime green, blue and yellow is composed of hand-colored etchings on hand-cut, handmade Lo...

In this bright and colorful paper sculpture, a fantastical botanical form in vibrant magenta purple and marbled pink and blue is composed of hand-colored etchings on hand-cut handmade Loktah paper chine colléd to Rives lightweight paper, hand-cut marbled paper, and hand-cut pigmented handmade Loktah paper pinned with black enameled brass tipped steel entomology pins to a fabric covered ethafoam, dibond and wood strainer. Framed in a polished, UV protected acrylic shadowbox...

In this bright and colorful paper sculpture, a fantastical botanical form in light orange with dark burgundy, magenta and light brown in the center is composed of hand-colored digital prints on hand-cut, pigmented, handmade Loktah paper pinned with black enameled brass tipped steel entomology pins to a fabric covered ethafoam, dibond and wood strainer. Framed in a polished, UV protected acrylic shadowbox...

In this bright and colorful paper sculpture, a fantastical botanical form in vibrant teal green, dark magenta with gold and marbled pink, green, yellow and blue is composed of hand-c...

This beautiful abstract sculpture on framed canvass has a 3D impact, for the pins on it give it visual movement and perspective. It is an elegant piece perfect for decorating spaces ...

The tactile and nature-infused Freedom series extends into the world with densely cut paper compositions. They embody the flow of self-knowledge, and explore the feminine, harmony an...

"I welcome the continual emergence of change, evolution, and the inevitable challenges that form a large part of a working artist’s life." With CHEF'S HAT, a recent and evolving work, I am moving into more dimensionality and space. My intention is to push patterned and embellished surfaces on paper from its naturally flat surface into a more structural and spatial plane. This involves making sculptural pieces from paper and experimenting with new construction methods using strips and lengths of paper over-lapped and fastened together, shaped into objects with physical presence. I feel I am migrating from the flat surface into the third dimension. I envision the paper constructions as a landscape to be wandered in and out of, through and around, a space that invites all and sundry to enter on their own terms. I hold firmly to the belief that my work exhibits a playfulness that belies a more serious assessment of our social world. I am interested in how something that is initially perceived as frivolous and celebratory can constitute a reaction against and resistance to the shadowy world of misfortune, hard luck, and weariness. Born in 1959, Lanie Gannon was predominantly inspired by the 1970s. Conceptualism is often perceived as a reaction to Minimalism, and the leading art movement of the 1970s, challenging the boundaries of art with its revolutionary features. The movements that succeeded were all representative of a strong desire to evolve and strengthen the art world, in response to the tensions of the previous 1960s. Process art branched...

This piece titled "Please Stand By" is an original artwork made from crocheted cotton string, glue, and enamel paint by Caitlin McCormack. This piece measures approx. 15"h x 15"w x 1...

Modern, yet elegant and detailed 3D outwork. This 16 piece art work was done by the two artists in order to represent a tree´s cycles of life. Every nail holds ...

Originally a virtual visualist, Alikov has leaped into the practice of fine art and has gone beyond the visual. He produces conceptual artworks that blend the border of two-dimensional and three-dimensional art...