Artist: Patricia Kluwe Derderian

Year Completed: 2022

Medium: Acrylic and charcoal on wrapped canvas

Dimensions Inches (HxWxD): 48x48x1.5

Shipping from: US

Additional Information:

Part of my Travel Series that I am calling (lovematter). They explore huge moments in life that changed the way I see the world. I think many people will relate to that. The title of the series plays with the name of the substance dark matter, which was the name of artist Jason Hackenwerth's amazing exhibit at Creative Pinellas in 2022, that left me inspired to think about it and apply it in my own context.

Dream Week (lovematter) is about the week of our wedding in Jericoacoara, Brazil. A week that we spent with only our closest friends and family, mixing our cultures from Brazil and France and seeing connections and friendships being created as if there were no language barriers. Everyone was so intensely connected that there was this shared feeling as if time had stopped only to host those intense moments.

-The figures in the center are the closest friends we chose to create and to "be" the ceremony. We are watching them seated with our hands together "helping" each other handle with the very frequent "explosions" of emotion. On the right, you see some of our friends and family very casually seated participating in this intense and intimate moment not as spectators but as part of ourselves. The feeling was as if the energy that connected us was so strong, we could almost touch it. In the background, you can see the sea and the wind that is blowing our flag, representing nature, and giving us their blessings. And the kitesurf, a very strong sport in "Jeri" - nickname for "Jericoacoara"- that is part of our shared adventures as a couple.-

Artist Statement:

I have always loved to walk to places. I would find as many ways as I could to stroll from one place to another even if I had to just move to the opposite sidewalk, just for a different and exciting new perspective. Later on, I majored in architecture and thought a lot about our cities, buildings and spaces and the way they induce us into using and interacting in certain ways. And that, in its hand, dictates - or at least hints - our perception and feelings. It all fascinates me. Through my paintings I explore memories and feelings connected to these spaces and the people that were a part of that unique moment in time, co-creators of my own life. These crucial moments that for many reasons - some obvious, some, weird and unknown- are still now dancing in my mind, living with their own lines, colors and rhythm.

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