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Francesca Penserini

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WEBS • Overview of the exhibition «Seamless», Bruck Museum, Cowansville, 2018 • © Eliane Excoffier

WEBS • Overview of the exhibition «Seamless», Bruck Museum, Cowansville, 2018 • © Eliane Excoffier

WEBS • Overview of the exhibition «Seamless», Bruck Museum, Cowansville, 2018 • © Eliane Excoffier

WEBS I [2018] • Engravings and drawings, digitized and mounted on aluminum panels • 38 cm x 38 cm

WEBS II [2018] • Engravings and drawings, digitized and mounted on aluminum panels • 38 cm x 38 cm

WEBS V [2018] • Engravings and drawings, digitized and mounted on aluminum panels • 38 cm x 38 cm

WEBS VI [2018] • Engravings and drawings, digitized and mounted on aluminum panels • 38 cm x 38 cm

WEBS VII [2018] • Engravings and drawings, digitized and mounted on aluminum panels • 38 cm x 38 cm

WEBS VIII [2018] • Engravings and drawings, digitized and mounted on aluminum panels • 38 cm x 38 cm

WEBS IX [2018] • Engravings and drawings, digitized and mounted on aluminum panels • 76 cm x 38 cm

Embossed engraving, graphite, Conté chalk [2009-2010] • 15 cm x 15 cm (each)

Embossed engraving, graphite, Conté chalk [2009-2010] • 15 cm x 15 cm (each)

Embossed engraving, graphite, Conté chalk [2009-2010] • 15 cm x 15 cm (each)

Embossed engraving, graphite, Conté chalk [2009-2010] • 15 cm x 15 cm (each)

WEBS • Overview of the exhibition «Seamless», Bruck Museum, Cowansville, 2018 • © Eliane Excoffier

WEBS • Overview of the exhibition «Seamless», Bruck Museum, Cowansville, 2018 • © Eliane Excoffier

WEBS • Overview of the exhibition «Seamless», Bruck Museum, Cowansville, 2018 • © Eliane Excoffier

WEBS I [2018] • Engravings and drawings, digitized and mounted on aluminum panels • 38 cm x 38 cm

WEBS II [2018] • Engravings and drawings, digitized and mounted on aluminum panels • 38 cm x 38 cm

WEBS V [2018] • Engravings and drawings, digitized and mounted on aluminum panels • 38 cm x 38 cm

WEBS VI [2018] • Engravings and drawings, digitized and mounted on aluminum panels • 38 cm x 38 cm

WEBS VII [2018] • Engravings and drawings, digitized and mounted on aluminum panels • 38 cm x 38 cm

WEBS VIII [2018] • Engravings and drawings, digitized and mounted on aluminum panels • 38 cm x 38 cm

WEBS IX [2018] • Engravings and drawings, digitized and mounted on aluminum panels • 76 cm x 38 cm

Embossed engraving, graphite, Conté chalk [2009-2010] • 15 cm x 15 cm (each)

Embossed engraving, graphite, Conté chalk [2009-2010] • 15 cm x 15 cm (each)

Embossed engraving, graphite, Conté chalk [2009-2010] • 15 cm x 15 cm (each)

Embossed engraving, graphite, Conté chalk [2009-2010] • 15 cm x 15 cm (each)

"Webs" are embossed engravings that are drawn in "trompe-l'œil". This series of works finds its inspiration in my mother's sewing workshop. As a child I collected ribbons, ropes, laces and scraps of fabrics for their qualities of construction and design. An intaglio press is used to imprint material into humidified paper; the various reliefs capture and preserve the traces of the objects’ memories. Once the paper is dry, the surface is enhanced with chalk and graphite. The frame’s neutral zone allows the overflowing of the entanglement of materials wherein the sculptural dimension of the embossed paper joins with the graphic dimension of the work.
© 2020 Francesca Penserini