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Amazing #2
In this oil and ink painting, a towering heap of berries in an ostentatious bowl serves as a poignant analogy for disregard. Thickly painted mold consumes the decadent pile of fruit, which has gone to waste for all except the insects that can devour it in this decaying state.
Christina Nicodema's work resonates with our contemporary cultural milieu via metaphors of bloom and decay. Her work juxtaposes opulent human constructs with their undercurrents of corruption and deterioration. By distorting imagery of abundance, she prompts viewers to contemplate a cyclical interpretation of life as a path toward a deeper understanding of aging, existence, and mortality.
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③ Artist:
With thick paint marks and bold colors, Christina Nicodema creates works that provocatively express humanity’s detachment from the natural world. Using the subject of food, she contrasts its supposed benefits (joy and security) with its more sober impacts (gluttony and paranoia). Nicodema’s central motif is humanity’s visceral desire to consume and dominate, focusing on the resultant destruction of animals and their natural habitats through her imagery.
Christina Nicodema was born in 1987 in New York City, NY, and resides in Long Island City, NY. She received her BFA from the Parsons School of Design in New York City, NY (2009).
Nicodema has mounted solo or two-person exhibitions at Scott Miller Projects in Birmingham, AL (2022); Nancy Littlejohn Fine Art in Houston, TX (2020); and Martha's Contemporary, Austin, TX (2019).
Her work has been featured in group exhibitions like To Die For, curated by Laura Sanders, at Contemporary Art Matters, Columbus, OH (2022); Party For One at My Pet Ram, New York, NY (2022); A la carte: A Visual Exploration of Our Relationship with Food at Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, Birmingham, AL (2020); New Wave at Anna Zorina Gallery, New York City, NY (2020); and Flora/Fauna at Josée Bienvenu Gallery, New York City, NY (2019).
She won the Peter S. Reed Foundation Grant for painting (2021).
In this oil and ink painting, a towering heap of berries in an ostentatious bowl serves as a poignant analogy for disregard. Thickly painted mold consumes the decadent pile of fruit, which has gone to waste for all except the insects that can devour it in this decaying state.More
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- Orders placed between December 22 and January 2 will ship by January 8, 2024.
