MAUREEN CIACCIO
pmciaccio@earthlink.net

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My sculptural works in cast paper and mixed media draw a parallel between the organization we find in nature and that which we impose upon the world. I have used forms reminiscent of storage units, reels of film, airplanes, and satellites that all have their inspiration in the natural world. My intention is to find the amiguous line between that which is natural and that which is human made.

In my most recent body of work, I reference things like calendars, time lines and architectural supports -- conventions used to structure our time and space, an otherwise amorphous reality. The pieces are rooted in a personal perception of the accumulation of time and explore how we take this unstructured nothing and form a self out of it. I intend them to be a bit humorous in their absurdity and in my obsession with trying to make something out of nothing.

The works are very lightweight, seem vulnerable in their delicacy and are, for the most part, translucent. I use this quality to make visible the structure, the space, and to show what is not there. I also like the tentative, temporal quality these materials lend the work. It is as if they could change, grow, or decay