Statement
Film stills, song lyrics, and invented shelters are some of the sources I merge to illustrate neuroses and fears that are at once universal and painfully personal. In my works on paper, I combine an interpretation of the songs' emotional message with found images and personal writing in an attempt to visually diarize the search for self and pinpoint where this search intersects with collective knowledge and culture. I see these images as unnavigable mash-ups without a conceivable end point or beginning-there is only a self-referential mire of shifting conclusions and amorphous territories. What part of the narrative is real and which is fictitious becomes the question, just as memories and experience blur and coalesce imperfectly in our day to day lives.
In Tarantino movies, the characters often express themselves in an uninterrupted monologue, seamlessly conveying their point. As an audience, we yearn for this poise and eloquence. The moments we identify with emotively in movies, such as love scenes, represent encapsulated and idealized experiences that differ drastically from real life. I see my work as a means to represent both places at once-to reveal longing and disconnection.
Bio
Angela Malchionno works in print media, fiber, and installation. She received her MFA in Printmaking from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (2007) and her BFA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst (2002). She is currently a member of the Rad Lab, a St. Louis based printmaking collective, and is the Louis D. Beaumont artist in residence scholar at Washington University, where she teaches printmaking and drawing.
Film stills, song lyrics, and invented shelters are some of the sources I merge to illustrate neuroses and fears that are at once universal and painfully personal. In my works on paper, I combine an interpretation of the songs' emotional message with found images and personal writing in an attempt to visually diarize the search for self and pinpoint where this search intersects with collective knowledge and culture. I see these images as unnavigable mash-ups without a conceivable end point or beginning-there is only a self-referential mire of shifting conclusions and amorphous territories. What part of the narrative is real and which is fictitious becomes the question, just as memories and experience blur and coalesce imperfectly in our day to day lives.
In Tarantino movies, the characters often express themselves in an uninterrupted monologue, seamlessly conveying their point. As an audience, we yearn for this poise and eloquence. The moments we identify with emotively in movies, such as love scenes, represent encapsulated and idealized experiences that differ drastically from real life. I see my work as a means to represent both places at once-to reveal longing and disconnection.
Bio
Angela Malchionno works in print media, fiber, and installation. She received her MFA in Printmaking from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (2007) and her BFA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst (2002). She is currently a member of the Rad Lab, a St. Louis based printmaking collective, and is the Louis D. Beaumont artist in residence scholar at Washington University, where she teaches printmaking and drawing.
