Lee Materazzi
Color & I Love You
Project description
Tinworks presents nine photographs on dibond by Lee Materazzi, which can be found along the spur trail on the North side of the Tinworks complex. Of this series, Materazzi writes:
“Everyday objects, things that are on hand, remnants that get left behind and blend into the background are the starting point for this work. I examine the shape and explore the different ways in which my hands can manipulate. I stack one thing on top of another and tinker with the ironic relationships between large bouncing balls and a juice box or perhaps accentuate a smudge that wasn’t supposed to happen. I paint everything all one color, monochrome, myself included. I use my body sculpturally and performatively alongside my materials. At times it’s hard for the eye to decipher where the object and paint end and I begin. Physically, the work evolves through experiments of color composition and balance.
Just as the objects that I have chosen are lost in the background of everyday life the works also explore the equivalent of suppressed emotions within sexuality, gender roles, motherhood and insecurities of disconnectedness. As the shape of each object is explored in its raw discarded state so are these displaced emotions. The end result creates a scene for the camera that makes us think about social roles, routines, and gestures that are frequently overlooked within our everyday lives. I straddle a storage rack bent over forward as a tin of markers inches up behind me. My arms rest on the shelf below near a used Amazon box—everything is lilac.”
ABOUT LEE MATERAZZI
Lee Materazzi is a contemporary artist from Miami, FL now living in San Francisco, CA. In 2005 she received her BFA in sculpture from Central Saint Martins in London. Her work challenges the line between performance, installation, and sculpture which she materializes and documents through medium format photography.The subject matter in Materazzi’s work is inspired by the mundane and materials that are directly on hand — a folding chair or a role of tape. She uses her body alongside these materials and experiments of color, composition and balance. The end result creates a sculptural and performative scene for the camera that makes us think about social roles, routines, and gestures that are frequently overlooked within our everyday lives.
Her work has been shown internationally and is a part of numerous public art collections including: The Perez Art Museum (formally MAM), The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse and The Scholl Collection at World Class Boxing. Materazzi has been commissioned to create work for The Sagamore Hotel Collection and her work has been featured by Sia on “Dancing with The Stars.”
Website: https://leematerazzi.com
@leematerazzi