Dara Lorenzo Solo Art Exhibition : DE.TOUR

Dara Lorenzo is a multi-media artist who uses printmaking, painting techniques,

collage, carving and drawing in her most recent work. This emerging body of art

begins with the use of found objects and scrap wood to make more abstract

structures for the compositions. There are a lot of puzzle pieces in this body of

work. A composition gets shifted around and recomposed/ deconstructed and

reconstructed again.

The artist feels that every day archetypes (trashcans, signs, mailboxes) are

important components to the artwork. We live with these objects every day in all

places. It feels natural to want them present in the artwork like a reflection of what

we see day to day. They are usually presented with screen print, image transfer or

collage from the artist’s own printed photo collection.

There is reference to the human connection through our rituals, lyrics and the

sharing of spaces. The work talks about living in the city, taking walks: juxtaposing

silence with laughter, fear with bravery and calm with stress.

The work is in a state of flux as are we the people who live here in the city. It grows

and changes, gets torn down and erased and then recomposed another way again…..