Archive of Giulia Ricci's artwork

giulia.ricci@yahoo.co.uk

In my work I explore geometrical patterns and their ordering structures, with a specific interest for the disruptions that may occur to break the sense of order. I mainly work with the medium of drawing, but I also make installations and moving image work which are often an extension of my drawing practice.

The origin of the patterns I use comes from a range of everyday objects such as textiles, quilts, knitting, tiles and mosaics, which are tactile and made through repetitive processes, by hand or with machines. I create my work with methods and processes that are highly repetitive and often connected to domestic materials, actions and environments.

I always use grids as a starting point to create patterns and I work with a restrain or with rules that lead me to generate the work. My practice is influenced by minimalist aesthetics and, besides patterns and geometry, I am also interested in abstract systems such as categories and lists.

I am also interested in science concepts such as chaos theory and fractals and I am fascinated by the idea of micro and macro cosmos and their correspondences. My work provides two different kinds of experiences for the viewer: a close up view (more tactile and detailed) and a distant point of view (without a unique focal point of view).

My practice brings together ideas and influences from quite different areas: on one hand there are rationality, repetition and impersonality, while on the other hand there are the everyday, labour, craft and decoration. All these ideas come together with an underlying endeavour to attain beauty and clarity.

All the material on this blog is copyright Giulia Ricci 1997-2012. Images and text may not be used for any purposes without the express permission of the artist/author.
Please contact me for any query if you are interested to use material published here.