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“I always wanted to be an artist, I just didn't know that you could be, or how you could be. I went to an art high school but they never even took me to a gallery.”

Quote by Francesca DiMattio

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Francesca DiMattio

Francesca DiMattio, born in 1981, is an enigmatic artist whose work has garnered significant attention in the contemporary art world. Known for her unique visual style and profound thematic explorations, her art has become a point of discussion and reflection. more

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“Like in the paintings, there has to be moments that are completely right to be able to feel how wrong it is when the space gets flattened or the space collapses. It's the same with the technique in the sculptures: for some to feel really wrong, you have to have parts be really right.”

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“When people say ceramics is therapeutic and seductive, I think it's really about the wheel. Nothing I've done has that feeling; I feel like I'm fighting with the material the whole time. It doesn't want to be vague. It doesn't want to be asymmetrical. It doesn't want to have different clays combined. It doesn't want to do any of the things I make it do.”

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