Paper Airplane

Acrylic, thread and sand on canvas

18x24

$2500

Tali Margolin

In my mixed media works I explore the theme of the journey. I create a symbolic depiction of geographical journeys, and roads of self-discovery as an artist, in an attempt to connect places and moments, to rediscover my routes and construct new paths through constant search and creativity. These works are more evocative of mood and impression than a clear narrative. It is meant to evoke familiar-yet-intangible associations and to awaken in viewers a desire to explore the journeys of their own.

These works are hybrids of visually accurate representation and physical process of ripping, breaking and constructing. I use packing materials which represent moving, yarn and thread which represent connection and attachment to a place or an object, I incorporate knots as a reminder symbol, and ripped areas as a sign of time and faded memories.  The completed artworks have a complex surface with many nuances and unique details that reveal themselves over time.  The surface is sealed with a coating of acrylic medium for decay resistance. But metaphorically the process of applying layers of materials represents my personal layered world where different places and cultures are connected to each other.