Kate Pszotka lives and works in the Chicago, IL area. She recently received her MFA in Studio Art from Mills College, Oakland, CA and her BA in Studio Art from North Central College in Naperville, IL.
Artist Statement 2009
These simple black line drawing paper cut outs are intended to bleed into and off the wall, unobstructed by frames or a visual barrier. I am drawn to the flexibility, directness, natural origins and immediacy of the material. The spatial aspect of cut paper allows for a physical dimensionality that is nonexistent in traditional flat drawings.
My ongoing fascination with the idea of home, stability, and object attachment has led to the examination of individuals, their belongings, and objects as personal iconography. My personal use of the mapping process serves as a practice and tool to organize and create connections.
Through the recollection of personal memory, seemingly unimportant objects become saturated with meaning and association. While personal narrative serves as a catalyst and initial framework, mapping enables the work to withdraw dependency upon my experience or history. The items themselves are merely signifiers utilized to assess personality, interests, desires and needs.
Inversely, the containers (boxes, crates, pails and bottles) manufactured to store these objects also play a role in our lives and homes. Receptacles and vessels are created with the intention of being filled. Leaving them empty, wanting and teetering off-kilter, establishes an uneasiness, solitude, and inadequacy inherent in human nature.
Artist Statement 2009
These simple black line drawing paper cut outs are intended to bleed into and off the wall, unobstructed by frames or a visual barrier. I am drawn to the flexibility, directness, natural origins and immediacy of the material. The spatial aspect of cut paper allows for a physical dimensionality that is nonexistent in traditional flat drawings.
My ongoing fascination with the idea of home, stability, and object attachment has led to the examination of individuals, their belongings, and objects as personal iconography. My personal use of the mapping process serves as a practice and tool to organize and create connections.
Through the recollection of personal memory, seemingly unimportant objects become saturated with meaning and association. While personal narrative serves as a catalyst and initial framework, mapping enables the work to withdraw dependency upon my experience or history. The items themselves are merely signifiers utilized to assess personality, interests, desires and needs.
Inversely, the containers (boxes, crates, pails and bottles) manufactured to store these objects also play a role in our lives and homes. Receptacles and vessels are created with the intention of being filled. Leaving them empty, wanting and teetering off-kilter, establishes an uneasiness, solitude, and inadequacy inherent in human nature.
