Project Description
STATEMENT
Unlike production photographs that are by nature a form of re-enactment, my photographs mirror dynamic compositions, originated by an indefinite process of manual and digital manipulation. In my work, I use prints that pass through a process of been torn, painted over with gouache, glued with paint chips, then re-photographed, re-scanned, and manipulated with computer software. The order can change and be repeated multiple times. After being printed, the photographs are folded to give the illusion of a painted canvas, freeing them from negotiations with additional decorative components such as the frame or the glass.
My recent work stands for something in particular. The images express concept and material, but lack specific narratives. They seek to deconstruct the fetishization of photographic technology and realism. Insisting on an endless deferral of meaning, avoiding romantic notions of transcendent artistic creation in or of itself. They layer further geometries atop the picture surface, while embedding a sense of temporal and topographic movement within the image. They are nothing more than what they are: simple paper objects.
BIO
Odalis Valdivieso was born in Caracas, Venezuela. She is a recipient of the South Florida Cultural Consortium Grant in 2004.
The strength of her work draws in large part for her exploratory attitude toward new media as well as her long-running research into the contemporary urban condition. She channels this experimental spirit into the participatory, community-based practices that she has pioneered in the city of Miami where she has lived since 2000, as well as her object-based production (mainly photography).
Valdivieso is also notable for her important role in generating a current momentum for artistic advancement in the city, via numerous organizational efforts that she has carried out, often entirely outside formal institutional support. Her gift for striking up rich collaborations with other artists is particularly notable. Examples of these collaborations are The Nightclub, Practices Remain, Talking Head Transmitters, Tales From The Far Side, The Dark Side, In Situ, and Blanc.
Her work has been featured in exhibitions such as New Work Miami 2013, Miami Art Museum, Practices Remain, Regina Rex, NY, SET, Bridge Red Studios – Project Space, North Miami, Noise Field, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, New Work Miami 2010, Miami Art Museum, Miami, After Process, Miami Beach Regional Library, Ocupa, Far Side Gallery, Miami, Urban Interventions, Contemporary Art Museum, Rosario, Talking Heads, Girls Club, Fort Lauderdale, and Fragile Global Performance Chain Journey, Florence, to name a few.
CONTACT
WEBSITE: www.ovalstudio.com
EMAIL: odalisv@gmail.com
M: 786.378.0347