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About Giulia Piera

Baltimore City

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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Something to be looked at, Something to be used

This instillation done for School 33 Art Center's Project Space (2017 Baltimore, MD), was an exploration of interior space and design. I work to understand how we as humans find art objects to be aesthetically pleasing, how we choose to live among them in our homes. We live in a time when we rarely accept appliances that only serve one purpose, which prompts me to investigate how paintings can be multifunctional to highlight the absurdity of convenience. This question of domesticity comes from a curiosity of the curated home space, how the imperfections of home life can be contrasted with the polish of interior design. By paring abstraction with accessibility, I aim to critique these spaces, both the home and where we shop for the home, questioning the commodification of art objects and what that means for the artist. What is the role of the artist in a society with an aspiration to be modern?

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?

Something to be looked at, Something to be used

2017, School 33 Art Center, Balitmore, MD, 2017
Something to be looked at, Something to be used

2017, School 33 Art Center, Balitmore, MD, 2017
Something to be looked at, Something to be used (Detail)

Lamp, 2017, MDF, Spandex, MX Dye, Acrylic Paint, Light Bulbs, 4'x2.5'x3'
Something to be looked at, Something to be used (Detail)

Lamp (Detail)
Something to be looked at, Something to be used (Shelf)

Shelf, 2017, MDF, Acrylic Paint, Light Bulb, 0.3'x10'x0.5'
Something to be looked at, Something to be used (Shelf)

Shelf (Detail)
Something to be looked at, Something to be used (Couch)

Couch, 2017, Wood, Spandex, MX Dye, 5'x6'x1'
Something to be looked at, Something to be used (Couch)

Couch (Detail)

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This instillation was done for the 2017 Young Blood Exhibition at Maryland Art Place (Baltimore, MD). The piece involves two series, one for play and one use (as advised by the former). The objects on the walls are meant to convey function but let the viewer assign the unknown utilitarian aspect, and the object on the floor invites the viewer to just enjoy. The wall painting throws lines onto the wall from a window as if to show the shadows of blinds that do not exist.

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2017, Maryland Art Place, Young Blood Exhibition, Baltimore, MD
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2017, Maryland Art Place, Young Blood Exhibition, Baltimore, MD
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2017, MDF, Jersey Knit, Found Fabric, MX Dye, Acrylic Paint, about 6"x10"x6" each
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2017, MDF, Acrylic Paint, Pink Sand (Hand-dyed), 3'x4'x1'