| Artist: vera costa (view artist gallery) | |
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| One attraction of Vera Costa's work is its organic theme and its concept of opposites - internal/external, body/spirit, human/universal energies. These organic forms are positioned outside of a body, seeming to float in space, or they are presented as if seen through a microscope lens. The circle/oval forms represent beginning and end, finite and eternal. The red color symbolizes life force, the energy coursing through the body, physicality. She always is inspired by the human body, especially the inside view of that and the transient cycle of life. In her most recent works she uses styrofoam to shape organic forms that she glues on canvas or board to create hybrid paintings, often rendered in a red and/or white palette. |
