MARIELA BORELLO | À FLEUR DE PEAU

From February 20th to March 9th, 2019.

Installation made of three elements:

Á fleur
The first is a group of flower-looking metal shapes installed on a wall surface 9 by 6 feet. Each shape is not bigger than a foot in diameter and they are made of metal screen mesh.

Sanguine
The second element is a series of 8 by 8 inches gouache drawings mounted on wood installed side by side. A couple of inches separate each drawing allowing the viewer’s eye to make a connection between each drawing as if it were the same ‘line’ joining all of the drawings on the wall. The traces are organic and non-linear, lines tangling into each other, but still maintaining a clear and clean trace.

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The third element is a hanging piece, 4 feet from the floor and one foot in diameter. This work is not unlike in quality to the drawings, although it is made of clear plastic (fishing line).

The installation is named in French “À fleur de peau”. It speaks of feelings and sensations that come up to the surface of the body, the skin, from deep reservoirs of living experience, emotions of pain and pleasure. Having these feelings and sensations “À fleur de peau” makes us both vulnerable and strong. Acknowledging and welcoming these both states present on us hopefully make us a little bit wiser.

Opening on Saturday February 23rd, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.