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Karla Kantorovich was born in Mexico City and lives in Miami. She works with paintings, fibers and assemblages, leaning into the importance of texture and dimensionality as a way of exploring renewal.
Kantorovich recently completed her Masters in Studio Art from Florida International University (FIU) while actively showcasing her work on multiple international platforms such as the 2017 XI International Biennial of Contemporary art in Florence, Italy, and the 2017 MFA National Competition in New York. Some of her more recent exhibitions include the 2019 MFA exhibition at the Frost Art Museum and the International Art Contest in Rome, Italy. Additionally, she was awarded the Ratcliffe Incubator Art + Design Fellowship Award in 2018.
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Inmost Nature I, II, III, IV. 2020. Handmade paper, fabric, old book pages, branches, leaves. 11 x 9 in
Reclaiming Poetry is Karla Kantorovich’s own way of expressing her spiritual connection to life. Her most recent work draws inspiration from nature; its cycles, change, and beauty. Every piece of her work is unique and precious, creating together a perfect whole.
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Much like paper, reality can be rewritten and reassembled; it is fluid and ever-changing.
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You Are Not Made of Words Alone, 2019. Kantorovich’s repurposed paintings, threads, fabric, old book pages, pyrography. 11 x 13 x 3 in.
The paper installations in this exhibition are vehicles to unite unlikely elements - old and new, natural and man-made - to create one cohesive piece representative of unity and our binding humanity.
Kantorovich’s handmade paper resembles the trunks of trees, which are nature’s witnesses of time and history.
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Testimony, 2019. Textiles, thread, gesso, pigments. 103 x 45 in.
Reclaiming Poetry invites audiences to feel and explore the possibility that our existence extends far beyond the physical body and transcends materiality.
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Curated by Rina Gitlin, independent curator, art historian, and exhibition producer. She holds a Master of Liberal Arts in Museum Studies from Harvard University Extension School.
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Available to buy
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Beyond Memory, 2020. Handmade paper, bark, thread, leaves. 11 x 9 in.
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Trace of Temporality, 2020. Handmade paper, bark, thread, leaves. 11 x 10 x 1.5 in.
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Reclaiming Poetry, 2020. Paper, palm, bark, thread. 10 x 11 x 3 in.
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Inmost Nature I, 2020. Handmade paper, bark, thread, leaves. 11 x 9 in.
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Inmost Nature II, 2020. Handmade paper, fabric, old book pages, branches, leaves. 11 x 9 in.
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Nature’s Narratives (triptych), 2020. Handmade paper, bark, thread, leaves. 11 x 9 in. each.
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If Time Had No Meaning II, 2020. Paper, gesso, pigments, pyrography, bark. 11.5 x 19 x 0.5 in.
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Ancient Origins, 2020. Handmade paper, fabric, old book pages, branches, leaves. 33 x 24 x 3 in.
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Into Our Very Essence, 2020. Handmade paper, fabric, bark, thread, leaves. 33 x 22 x 4 in.
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The Authenticity of Her True Nature, 2020. Handmade paper, fabric, bark, thread, leaves. 18 x 24 x 4 in.
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What Remains Hidden, 2020. Handmade paper, bark, thread, leaves. 28 x 26 x 2 in.
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