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Implosions

Implosions is a series of large works on paper developed during 2021-23. It started as a small scale of inks and watercolors during lockdown and developed in a larger scale project back in a studio setting. The original drive was to paint a black core, a magmatic center, a black infinite hole that sucked all the energy in, in contrast with a more rarefied and luminous surrounding. It was both a metaphor for my feelings at the time and a solution out. I followed the attraction to colors, the sensuality of the materials, and my desire to see something beautiful yet very intense and energetic. During the process of shifting on a larger scale a new technique and new meaning arose. In the aftermath it occurred to me that these shapes remind me of some squares in Apulia, Italy, structured asymmetrically but whose space feels extremely harmonious yet not predictable very in tune with my post pandemic need of physical and mental freedom. Paper is a surface that retains and reveals the history of the interactions occurring on it, a very vital but extremely challenging quality. My actions and afterthoughts are exposed on the surface, connecting me to the viewer who can retrace my steps. The result of the interactions occurring between the materials establish a base for me to start a dialogue with objectivity and randomness and find my solution and meaning.Looking for the sweet spot between chaos and balance is my drive and challenge.

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  1. Implosion #1 by Maria Mimma Scarpini, Image 1.

    Implosion #1, 2021

    India ink, Watercolors, oil pastels, soft pastels, acrylic, oil on Arches paper

    51 x 64 in (129.54 x 162.56 cm)

  2. Implosion #2 by Maria Mimma Scarpini, Image 1.

    Implosion #2, 2021

    Watercolors, inks, charcoal, pastels. acrylic on Arches watercolor paper,

    51 x 64 in (129.54 x 162.56 cm)

  3. Implosion #3 by Maria Mimma Scarpini, Image 1.

    Implosion #3, 2021

    India ink, watercolors, oil pastels, acrylic, oil on Arches paper

    51 x 64 in (129.54 x 162.56 cm)

  4. Implosion #4 by Maria Mimma Scarpini, Image 1.

    Implosion #4, 2021

    Watercolors, India ink, crayon, soft pastels on Arches watercolor paper

    51 x 57 in (129.54 x 144.78 cm)

  5. Implosiom #5 by Maria Mimma Scarpini, Image 1.

    Implosiom #5, 2021

    India ink, watercolors, oil pastels, soft pastels on Arches paper

    51 x 64 in (129.54 x 162.56 cm)

  6. Implosion #6 Painting the void by Maria Mimma Scarpini, Image 1.

    Implosion #6 Painting the void, 2021

    .Watercolors, India ink Crayons, oil pastel, soft pastels on Arches watercolor paper

    51 x 60 in (129.54 x 152.4 cm)

  7. Implosion # 8/Directions in space by Maria Mimma Scarpini, Image 1.

    Implosion # 8/Directions in space, c. 2022

    Watercolors, Inks, acrylics, oil pastel, soft pastels on Arches watercolor paper

    51 x 63 in (129.54 x 160.02 cm)

  8. Black Square-Red Square by Maria Mimma Scarpini, Image 1.

    Black Square-Red Square, 2022

    Watercolors, oil, Crayons, soft pastels, oil pastels on Arches watercolor paper, 63”x 51”1/2, 2022

    63 x 51 in (160.02 x 129.54 cm)