Lisa Dillin, Bio, Sculpture, Drawing, Schematics, Contact
 
Artist Statement

The simulacrum fabricated by man, and its relationship to the fantastic allure of the natural world, motivate this work. The phenomena of the physical universe are depicted using a plethora of artificial products. Nearly every genre of fabricated material or media for use in the human environment from antiquity to the present creates objects that reflect natural character, albeit often obscured. From architecture, product design, and graphic design, to the fine arts nature's symbology is reoccurent.

My work is motivated by the discovery of these various forms of artificiality in our midst, and by my distrust of manufactured items that act as surrogates for nature in place of the protection of true ecosystems. In conflict with these ideals is my validation of these same artificial icons of idealized nature through the realization that they hold an immense power to transport the beholder to a conscious, or subconscious, memory of a time when they had contact with the authentic natural object referenced. However mis-targeted, I conclude that artificial nature is a manifestation of the sincere desire to connect with the natural world. These products are a nostalgic trinket akin to pictures of a loved one gazed upon while living in a foreign land.


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