Laminated baltic birch plywood, nails, gouache, latex paint
8 inches h x 18 inches w x 12 inches d
2019
$7,500
DipTych-Tac-Toe is part of a recent body of work entitled “Pliables”. The work is inspired by a vocabulary of forms derived from over a decade of work in textile and soft sculpture. The anthropomorphic conglomerations of soft, bulbous, tubular forms are translated into laminated plywood by way of sculpting in a 3D modeling space. Pushing, pulling and merging forms in the gravity-less and intangible atmosphere of the computer program results in form with an eerie feeling of unfamiliar familiarity- an exploration of the edge of discomfort and comfort. The modeled forms are sliced into hundreds of layers in a software program and then laser-cut, stacked, glued, nailed, grinded, sanded, painted and finished in plywood with a surface painted in gouache washes. Having worked in textiles for the majority of her career, DiCioccio prizes craft and craftsmanship in her work and here explores how new tools and technology can expand her ability to sculpt while still leaving room for the human touch to bring each piece to life with hours of time, care and skill.
Biography
Lauren DiCioccio is a multimedia artist whose work spans sculpture, textiles, 3D modeling, painting and design. Her work explores nostalgia for and attachment to a tactile world against the fragility of a digital future. Past solo exhibitions include those at Jack Fischer Gallery (San Francisco), Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco), Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery (London, UK) and Tomlinson Kong Contemporary (New York). Past group exhibitions include those at San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Laguna Art Museum, and Bellevue Arts Museum. DiCioccio has been an artist in residence at the McColl Center, Recology SF, Vermont Studio Center, and the John Michael Kohler Arts Center Arts/Industry Program and was an Affiliate Artist at the Headlands Center for the Arts from 2013-2016. She is the co-founder of Open Editions, a small business collaborating with artists to design, manufacture and retail products, and also teaches art at the middle school level by day. Born in Philadelphia, DiCioccio currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Thoughts on Djerassi Resident Artist Program
My relationship with the Djerassi Program will somehow reach its twentieth year this February 2024. From 2004 until 2010 I lived at SMIP Ranch as the Program’s Resident Manager. I still remember the first time I drove through the creaky black gates and crested the hill, the most beautiful landscape I’d ever seen unfolding before me. So many trips down the road later, after so many years- arriving at the ranch still takes my breath away. As a young person, the opportunity to meet and assist the hundreds of artists who came to the Djerassi Program to work, walk, sleep, innovate, break-through and of course eat amazing meals together changed my life. Witnessing the way just twenty-eight days of time, space, beauty and collegiality could fuel creations that spread back out around the world, tumbling through time and space into the broader cultural landscape has demonstrated to me the unique value and important role of artists in our society.
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