About Giulia Piera
Giulia Piera Livi is an interdisciplinary artist working in painting and installation. Her immersive rooms employ hyper-cohesive color and abstract forms to work out ideas of multi-functional art objects and curated domesticity. She has exhibited both nationally and internationally with notable shows at the Delaware Contemporary Museum (Wilmington, DE), the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington (Arlington, VA), Tiger Strikes Asteroid (Brooklyn, NY), Governor's Island Art Fair (NY), Untitled… more
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Mixed Media Sculptures (Tile, Flashe, Acrylic)
Expanded Dialogue
Expanded Dialogue was a three-part exhibition of works by Kat Chamberlin, Brian Michael Dunn, Doreen McCarthy, and myself. The sereies consitied of exhibitions at Tiger Strikes Asteroid (Brooyklyn BY), MONO Practice (Baltimore, MD) and Guest Spot @ the REINSTITUTE (Baltimore, MD). Curated by Vincent Como, Ruri Yi, and Rod Malin!
Expand. Inflate. Swell. Envelop.
Rest. Lean. Prop. Sag.
Overlap. Overlay. Obscure. Adorn.
Unfold. Spread. Reveal.
Breathe. Digest. Discuss.
An exploration of uncanny familiarity and spooky actions at various distances…
Play Date
2018 Solo Exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington (Arlington, VA)
Something to be looked at, Something to be used
If an object starts as a tiny point in space grows slowly into the utilitarian object we know it to be, how can we catch that object the moment before it takes full form to see a more simplified structure?
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Something to be looked at, Something to be used2017, School 33 Art Center, Balitmore, MD, 2017
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Something to be looked at, Something to be used2017, School 33 Art Center, Balitmore, MD, 2017
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Something to be looked at, Something to be used (Detail)Lamp, 2017, MDF, Spandex, MX Dye, Acrylic Paint, Light Bulbs, 4'x2.5'x3'
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Something to be looked at, Something to be used (Detail)Lamp (Detail)
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Something to be looked at, Something to be used (Shelf)Shelf, 2017, MDF, Acrylic Paint, Light Bulb, 0.3'x10'x0.5'
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Something to be looked at, Something to be used (Shelf)Shelf (Detail)
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Something to be looked at, Something to be used (Couch)Couch, 2017, Wood, Spandex, MX Dye, 5'x6'x1'
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Something to be looked at, Something to be used (Couch)Couch (Detail)
Bend / Breathe
As part of our the Delaware Contemporary Hennessy Experiment Series, Bend / Breathe investigates interior design, the curated home space, and the visual and tactile accessibility to objects of art. This immersive experience explores visual encounters that dissect the material clutter of desire and consumerism. Does too much warp a sense of aesthetic? Does too little inject a sense of completeness? Furnishings from memory, color, and forms allude to multi-functional art objects, while shapes elbow through the space creating areas of visual rest. Bend/Breathe looks at our relationship to objects of art, the information and the inspiration generated by them, and their ability to revitalize or circumvent desire. This exhibition questions the role of the artist in a society with an aspiration to be modern. How can paintings be multi-functional to highlight the absurdity of convenience. What is the existential role of decorative objects that the viewer uses to ascribe purpose? How does desire and consumerism bend or deflect an object’s purity?
Pick Out
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Pick Out2017, Maryland Art Place, Young Blood Exhibition, Baltimore, MD
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Pick Out2017, Maryland Art Place, Young Blood Exhibition, Baltimore, MD
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Pick Out2017, MDF, Jersey Knit, Found Fabric, MX Dye, Acrylic Paint, about 6"x10"x6" each
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Pick Out
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Pick Out2017, MDF, Acrylic Paint, Pink Sand (Hand-dyed), 3'x4'x1'