Elizabeth Dorazio’s work method borders chaos. She appropriates randomness as an investigative principle, giving visual expression to her dynamics, continuously reconfiguring natural systems. In her art, everything refers to that which is unpredictable. She produces through extraction and deviation, through association and dislocation. Se produces images as phenomena, proposing places where nothing lasts too long. … [+]
Mysterium esse revelandum by Magnólia Costa A Mystery to be Revealed – Mysterium esse revelandum, an installation by Elizabeth Dorazio, is a column made of hand-cut, hand-drawn polypropylene blue-hued slender pieces.The column goes from the ceiling to the floor, referring to the axis mundi concept introduced by mythologist Mircea Eliade, who mapped symbolic representations of … [+]
These gorgeous biro drawings and couture collages of imaginary landscapes create a truly stimulating sense of scale. The juxtaposition of far vistas with magnified flora and fauna, evoke a sense of historic romance and intrepid exploration …creating impressions of a lush and fecund forgotten natural world held timeless between the pages of a meticulous travel … [+]
Beauty. Beauty. Beauty a thousandfold to inevitably describe the series of works by artist Elizabeth Dorazio, who literally plunges into nature in her collages. The visions of her work show the artist sheltered by large leaves, huge flowers, gigantic trunks of the plants and nature’s exuberance. Her photographic collages stem from her symbolic and total … [+]
The underground “river” Rio Hamza was discovered in Brazil’s Amazon Basin in 2011. It is relegated to the status of “river” (as opposed to River) because it is really a 6000-kilometer-long aquifer, leisurely flowing along at a depth of 4000m. Its name is not even official. Along with the mighty Amazon River, the invisible Rio … [+]
Elizabeth Dorazio’s recent works evoke a kind of permanent movement that arises from their cohesive and vibrant parts and the dynamic interactions between them. For many years, the artist has resorted to diverse forms and materials in order to articulate disquieting sets – systems of forms that interact with and influence one another, thus creating … [+]
People from the Arabian Peninsula have a very rich oral tradition. Many important events from their history have never actually been recorded – except in their memories, and then passed down orally from generation to generation. Thus, they have woven together this colorful tapestry of all the stories from their past. At the handicraft center, … [+]
Symphoniae, Elizabeth Dorazio’s current series of artworks featuring Al Khous weaving, was created in collaboration with Bedouin women from Abu Dhabi and Ras al Khaimah as a homage to their culture and an investigation of humanity’s role within the cosmos. Dorazio’s inspiration for Symphoniae was the rich oral tradition of women from the Arabian Peninsula. … [+]
Interview with the artist by Ana Finel Honigman Q: When did you discover that you were an artist? A: I was born an artist. From the beginning, I expressed myself through imagery. I am very productive. In two decades, I have created more them 2,500 artworks and there are still two decades to be catalogued. … [+]
With its superimposed, wave-like, non-transparent, turquoise green synthetic leaves, Time and the Seas marks the transition to a self-reflexive, conclusive phase of Elizabeth’s artistic expression. There is a marked emphasis on the aspect of temporality, of moments of infinitude. The work consists of gently undulating layers, which as a whole seem to form the shape … [+]
The grandiose expression of Panta rhei is acquired through the perpetual dynamism of its motif. Transparencies with a range of colors taken from the sea, plus several different forms of water droplets are suspended throughout various layers, like falling tears or scattered raindrops within the first upper third of this composition, mounted on a background … [+]
The combination of shapes and colours in this vivacious composition is inspired by the work of Brazilian landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx. The numerous brightly coloured transparencies, cut into the form of waves or droplets, appear – because of the multi-dimensional composition – to be in a state of free fall, thus creating its own … [+]
Aristotelian thoughts on cosmic order (in which all creatures exist to a degree of perfection, corresponding to a progressive, harmoniously-ordered whole) is here once again addressed, explored and expanded in both dimensional and personal aspects. The rounded leaves bearing colors of the sky, the sea, and human skin are threaded into an arrangement with a … [+]
On the flat superimposed layers of acrylic, parts of an organism are presented as if they were mounted on microscope slides. The observer journeys into the interior of the organism, composed of various layered sheets of pencil drawings supported on a foam base, which to the beholder seems to bring it together as one single … [+]
From the perspective of an almost microscopic profundity, the viewer penetrates the interior of an organism, encountering a porous background of synthetic foam or a sensitive background of latex which, due to their very structures, are evocative of skin which has not yet been arranged in such a manner as to form a surface. Milky … [+]
The basic motif depicted in the compositions of the series “Aequilibrium Cosmicum” is refracted within diverse chromatic dimensions. The arrangement and composition of the colored plastic transparencies reflect the multiplicity of the layers of colors, formulas, and dimensions, while the forms and structures sketched at certain points throughout the piece hint at anatomical figures. The … [+]
The work and compositions that are part of the current exhibition are the artistic expression of a long, intense journey, meticulous and interesting, traveled along different routes towards an approximation with the complex themes of “life”, “organism” and “cosmos”. Shortly after concluding her degree course at the celebrated Fundação Escola Guignard in the city of … [+]
The idea underlying the various artworks turns on the thematic complex of Life, Organism, and Cosmos. The use of synthetic materials, combined with the flowing compositional technique of the works, stresses the essential idea that both in life as well as in nature and the cosmos, the different elements and materials are repeatedly assembled or … [+]
I build up my artworks in several layers. The architectural plans form the first stage in the process. Color fields, transparent layers, and drawings are then superimposed. Each layer has its own aesthetic language and particular shape. I draw organic structures, cells, fibers, veins, organs. I take those structures as an opportunity to refer to … [+]
Elizabeth Dorazio’s work is based on the rigorous drawing style she learned at the Escola Guignard in Belo Horizonte; a style that perpetuates the concept of graphic precision as a basis for painting foreseen by the institution’s namesake, a Rio de Janeiro native who worked in Minas Gerais. Fundamental for the artist’s training were many … [+]
