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Melissa Elliot presents "Youth is like Diamonds" at Umbrella Studio.
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Youth is like Diamonds Melissa Elliot
20 January to 26 February 2012Umbrella Studio contemporary arts
Youth is like Diamonds
is an exhibition of
paintings, drawings and
objects that explore
traumatic loss and the
sense of self.
The works integrate the
need for reparation after
trauma and highlight
the positive influence
that creativity has in
self-awareness and the
reparation of emotion,
through expressive
painting and drawing
techniques.
Several bodies have
formed amongst these
works. Identity, memory
and relationship, and
memorial and remembrance works come together to form a distinct life
story of the artist who lost her younger brother to suicide several years
ago. She explores the ways her life has changed and her experiences with
loss, memory, childhood and love through her art.
A strong believer in art therapy Melissa Elliot has used
her creativity to deal with her own traumatic loss, and
in turn hopes that this creates an associative healing
and understanding in the viewer.
Influenced by contemporary street art Melissa’s
vibrant acrylic paintings provide an emotional
and direct experience of her life.
Front: childhood dreams, 2011,
acrylic on mdf, 91x120 cm
Above Left: self portrait back,
2011, acrylic, charcoal and
spray paint on mdf, 91x120 cm
Above: losing down, 2010,
acrylic spray paint and charcoal
on canvas
Right: memorials, 2010,
charcoal, acrylic and spray paint
on canvas, 90 x 120 cm
Back: swinging the cat by the tail, 2010,
acrylic, charcoal and spray paint on canvas
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