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Francesca DiMattio — Vaisseau à Mât
Francesca DiMattio

Vaisseau à Mât

A lush and maximalist composition by Francesca DiMattio, *Vaisseau à Mât* layers acrylic paint, rug, rope, and silver leaf onto canvas to create a richly textured, hybrid surface that blurs the boundary between painting and sculptural object. DiMattio's signature fusion of pattern, craft, and art historical reference collides here in an exuberant tangle of material and motif, evoking both the decorative and the monumental. The incorporation of rope and textile fragments lends the work a physical dimensionality that anchors its visual opulence in the tactile world.

Medium
acrylic, rug, rope, silver leaf on canvas

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Under the Influence

September 16, 2014

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Francesca DiMattio, Vaisseau à Mât

A lush and maximalist composition by Francesca DiMattio, *Vaisseau à Mât* layers acrylic paint, rug, rope, and silver leaf onto canvas to create a richly textured, hybrid surface that blurs the boundary between painting and sculptural object. DiMattio's signature fusion of pattern, craft, and art historical reference collides here in an exuberant tangle of material and motif, evoking both the decorative and the monumental. The incorporation of rope and textile fragments lends the work a physical dimensionality that anchors its visual opulence in the tactile world.

Medium
acrylic, rug, rope, silver leaf on canvas
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Assemblage, Textile Elements, Nautical Subject, Mixed Media, Decorative Arts, Postmodern, Pattern And Ornamentation, Contemporary Artist, American Artist, 21st Century, Silver And Blue Tones, Female Artist, Eclectic Style, Maximalism, Maximalist, Nautical Imagery

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