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PROJECT ATRIUM: NICOLA LÓPEZ

A Gentle Defiance of Gravity and Form

NOVEMBER 19, 2016 - FEBRUARY 26, 2017

facade by nicola lopez

© NICOLA LÓPEZ, Façade, 2013. Linoleum cut and monotype on laser cut Mylar, 110 1/2 x 152 inches. Published by Pace Editions, Inc.

infrastrucutre +2 by nicola lopez

© NICOLA LÓPEZ, Infrastructure + 2, 2012. Lithography, 44 x 29 3/4 inches.

babel revisited history reports itself tower 3

© NICOLA LÓPEZ, Babel Revisited: History Repeats Itself (Tower 3), 2014. Woodcut and silkscreen on Mylar, 140 x 108 inches.

bones 6 by nicola lopez

© NICOLA LÓPEZ, Bones 6, 2013. Linoleum cut and monotype on laser cut Mylar, 107 x 27 inches. Published by Pace Editions, Inc.

closed system II by nicola lopez

© NICOLA LÓPEZ, Closed System II, 2011. Woodcut on Mylar, construction lights, zip ties, and tape. 11 x 20 x 20 inches.

detailed view of landscape x under construction

© NICOLA LÓPEZ, Landscape X: Under Construction (detail), 2011. Site-specific installation at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Woodblock-printed Mylar, woodblock-printed Tyvek, vinyl tape, blue painter’s tape, string lights, construction lights, zip ties, and extension cords. Photo Credit: Davide Healde.

long view of landscape x under construction

© NICOLA LÓPEZ, Landscape X: Under Construction (detail), 2011. Site-specific installation at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Woodblock-printed Mylar, woodblock-printed Tyvek, vinyl tape, blue painter’s tape, string lights, construction lights, zip ties, and extension cords. Photo Credit: Davide Healde.

structural detour 9 big tubes and changes embrace the latex fence

© NICOLA LÓPEZ, Structural Detour 9: Big Tubes and Chains embrace the Latex Fence, 2011. Woodcut on paper and Latex collage, 47 1/2 x 50 inches.

THROUGH HER WORK in installation, drawing, and printmaking, New York-based Nicola López describes and reconfigures our contemporary-primarily urban-landscape. Her focus on translating “place” into an art form stems from an interest in urban planning, architecture, and anthropology. López's practice is fueled by time spent working and traveling in different landscapes.

At MOCA Jacksonville, López constructs and then deconstructs a skyscraper into recognizable yet fragmented parts that visualize its construction process and various states of its life cycle. Built of galvanized steel studs and veiled in Mylar prints, In Gentle Defiance of Gravity and Form is a site-specific sculptural environment caught between moments of erection and stability to decay and distortion. López's skeletal structure is monumental yet fragile as one navigates through the installation. As she observes and reconfigures our urban landscape, López pushes the boundaries of printmaking and installation art via innovative modes of creation.

ARTIST

portrait of Nicola López

NICOLA LÓPEZ

American artist Nicola López specializes in printmaking, drawing, and installation. She uses cartography to exaggerate and reconfigure urban landscapes. Her focus on describing “place” comes from an interest in urban planning, architecture, and anthropology, and is fueled by time spent working and traveling in different landscapes.

Portrait of the artist. Photo Credit: Joel Jares.

SPONSORS

SUPPORTING

Driver, McAfee, Hawthorne & Diebenow, Jessie Ball duPont Fund