FLORA, FAUNA, AND FORMS
Delphino Diallo, 2018
New York
Flora, Fauna, and Forms was a solo exhibition by Delphine Diallo that transformed the Quin lobby into a space of contemplation incorporating several of the artist’s recent works of female portraiture, mixed media collage, landscape and still life photo. Viewers discovered works that expand popular perception beyond Diallo’s renown female portraiture, introducing a vernacular of pastoral landscape and composite works of flora and fauna from Thailand, Montana, and Mongolia.
Accompanying the exhibition was a video of the artist’s collage process by filmmaker Marissa Kaiser. Ianniello states, “I chose to curate an exhibit that explores female figures as one-of-a kind art, divorced from traditional gaze; not just nudity or simple portraiture, but pure and raw forms of art and energy combined.”
FEATURED WORKS
About the Artist
Collage literally and metaphorically enwraps select works simultaneously augmenting the medium while serving to bring forth newfound context and meaning through iterative juxtaposition. The selected grouping acts as a focused continuation of Diallo’s ongoing investigations into the anthropological, mythological, philosophical, and spiritual where narrative potential of her images is highlighted amidst the subject’s costume, surround or ornamentation. Through her work, subjects are connected across distances, ages, and cultures, envisaging a unified power.
Opening Night
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