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Artworks
Irman Arcibal
Shipped 008 (Altered By L. Arcibal), 2024Colored pencil on salvaged paper21” x 17”A piece of crumpled, irregularly torn brown paper with a pattern of hand-drawn lines in muted tones of red, black, white, and ochre. The marks form overlapping, abstract grids and leaf-like shapes across the surface.https://www.instagram.com/indetirmanit Artist Statement Synchronous events and shared experiences are methods by which cosmic rhythms and mysteries reveal themselves. We consciously and unconsciously participate in these events and experiences. Elements...https://www.instagram.com/indetirmanit
Artist Statement
Synchronous events and shared experiences are methods by which cosmic rhythms and mysteries reveal themselves. We consciously and unconsciously participate in these events and experiences. Elements of the macroscopic and microscopic universes appear structurally similar; on our plane of existence forms appear different. By creating work that depends on synchronous events and shared experiences, occurrences on this level of existence can be recorded in a way that evokes the macroscopic and the microscopic.
My "Pounds of Flesh" drawings are made on packaging paper crumpled by whoever put it into a shipping box, an unconscious collaboration. My flesh-toned marks respond to the wrinkles, connecting co-creators. The paper is flesh colored, but also earth toned. The title, Shipped, refers to the previous use of the paper, as well as the forced or voluntary migration of peoples. This repurposed paper, often recycled or thrown away, is a connection to Mother Earth as well.