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 … [+]
Presenting clearly contrasting forms that either plunge or soar, Elizabeth Dorazio’s paintings – the subject-matter of which is water – are a reflection on vitality and driving force, and once again situate themselves, within the artist’s pictorial realm, as a contribution on the fragility of the gaze that barely touches upon reality. Do the paintings … [+]
To see a World in a grain of sand And a Heaven in a wild flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in a hour. W. Blake In the contemporary realm of drawing that goes from lines constructed with iron to those embroidered with the finest thread, Elizabeth Dorazio ́s works … [+]
At first glance, the dissimulated textures, the construction process and the rules of the game that the artist uses are camouflaged in Elizabeth Dorazio ́s paintings. The true object of the paintings remains ambiguous, a secret having neither right nor wrong. The base of the canvas is white, pieces of irregularly shaped leather are mounted … [+]