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unentitled (Mom Lake, Dad Lake, Baby Lake), 2021 acrylic paint and ink, flannel blanket, embroidery thread, plastic spoon, on unstretched canvas, 48" x 22" |
Growing up between Opitergium (Oderzo, Italy), Tkaronto (Toronto), and Rama (Ramara Township), and across generations — by reclaiming the surname of my maternal grandmother — Dalla Coletta exists in rags and canvas; amongst the roses and geraniums; on hopeful ink/paint and putrid air. I am reflecting on Arte Povera — the “poor” art movement in 1960’s Italy — Modern Canadian landscapes with Eurocentric views of land without people, and Russian Constructivism. These are stylistic forms of disruption… running alongside them is both notions of work/labour for the collective good and a dangerous refuge into abstraction, disengagement and denial… Dalla Coletta attempts to surface something hopeful that lies in between these knowns and unknowns through places visited, noted, named.
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unentitled (Palozzi acrylic paint and ink on unstretched canvas, 24" x 24" |
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unentitled (Paul acrylic paint and ink on unstretched canvas, 24" x 24" |
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unentitled (Sophie's Fort), 2020 acrylic, latex paints, ink pen, rose petals, geranium petals, embroidery thread on unstretched canvas, 38" x 48" |