Untitled
Mixed Media on Paper
SOLD
Private Collection

Using Yellow
Mixed Media on Paper
SOLD
Private Collection

Christy Zucarelli

Zucarelli is driven to an unsettling surface of structuring and mark-making. She finds herself torn between the opposing forces of vastness and containment, chaos and order, isolation and inseparability, loss and recovery. Throughout her paintings, there are conflicts and contradictions combined with overlapping trials of memory and associations, personal interactions and social observations. When Zucarelli is involved in the act of painting, she translates onto the canvas a collection of spaces, which are characterized by their levels of movement and activity. Line and gesture combine to delineate and compose the surface. These lines and gestures may evoke activity upon the canvas, or they may create a sense of stillness. They may separate spaces rigidly, or a more blurred distinction may define the transition. The line or gesture may be bold, playful, delicate, or aggressive. They may drip, scratch, sweep, push, pull, be accidental, or deliberate. In addition to line and gesture, text has also become a significant part of her paintings. This mark-making adds complexity and rhythm to the painting, as well as a type of dialogue. When Zucarelli is involved in creating, it is in a constant state of flux until fully resolved.