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Seeing Red

Seeing Red

Installation
[gallery columns="4" link="none" ids="1263,1264,1265,1266,1267,1268,1269,1270,1271,1272,1273,1274,1276,1277,1278,1279"] WHAT MAKES YOU SEE RED? LOVE? HATE? PASSION? VIOLENCE? For me it ranges from the personal to the political, from primordial angst to orgasmic joy. The AMORE E ROMA series was started in 1997 when I took a short break from my art life in the States to immerse myself in the ancient city of Rome. Based on my experiences and observations, curiosities and passions, I created hundreds of these works on paper (oil on tracing paper to be specific). They each measure 9 x 12 inches. I've exhibited the originals in galleries and alternative spaces - always unframed, hung in a large expansive grid directly on the wall, vulnerable to both air currents and curious fingers. I still have many of the original works. The…
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The Collaborative Scroll

The Collaborative Scroll

Artist Book, Creative Activism, Project
First exhibited in 2001, The Collaborative Scroll was part of an installation I created at the New Marlborough Meeting House in New Marlborough, MA. On that piece of paper I shared one of my deepest, most shameful secrets about childhood sexual assault.  The night before the opening, I considered cutting that portion of the scroll off and choosing to exhibit it blank instead.  Struggling with the fear of what I imagined the experience would feel like if I went ahead and exhibited the scroll (something akin to standing stark naked in the gallery during the opening reception, completely vulnerable, open and scared) I agonized for hours over what to do. Ultimately, I decided I had to keep my story in. . . If I hide my story than I'm just…
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Amore e Roma

Amore e Roma

Artist Book
[caption id="attachment_102" align="alignleft" width="300"] Amore e Roma, Artist Book by Gabrielle Senza © 1998[/caption] Amore e Roma, The Red Under the City of Rome is a limited edition artist’s book featuring a selection of works from Garbrielle Senza’s Seeing Red / Amore e Roma series of works on parchment. The series, started while living in Rome in 1997, examines contemporary issues facing women today. Love, trust, passion, hate, incest, rape and domestic violence are a few of the challenges women of all ages are confronted with every day. Gabrielle Senza’s book is the first part of an ongoing multi-media project that aims to give voice to the voiceless.  Amore e Roma contains ten acetate pages of images and text printed digitally and backed with white sheets of 80 lb. paper.…
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Hand Palette

Hand Palette

Photography
Hand Palette, 2011 Limited edition signed archival print Contact artist for details. To create the ephemeral wall drawings in the Terra Temporalis series, the artist applies powdered graphite - the softest form of carbon - directly to the wall using nothing more than her fingertips, palms and knuckles.
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