Artist: Patricia Yossen
All of the works are visual metaphors used to illustrate the conceptualization and symbolization of space – something that is by definition immaterial and intangible. Things get even more vague if I try to define it as a space governed by emotions and desires – a personal imaginary space to which one runs with the desire to be protected. I refer to this space as "emotional landscape."
An emotional landscape is a refuge – a place where one can rest, recharge, feel protected. At the same time it is not a place where one can live. Since all refuges are temporary, they are not made for permanent habitation, only for rest. It is important to note that I'm talking about this space as a spatially defined place, but not in a geographic sense. This space is internally defined by each human being, and everyone may have very different visions of this place.
These spatial references are found in my work within large empty spaces, in the extensive black fields on the paper, where the entire sheet becomes an acre, a square mile, 10 square miles. The paper becomes the visible filed, the most extensive vista, as far as the eye can see. And what measurement can give the spectator a tool for comparison? In my landscapes, it is the clouds. The clouds are my reference with which to measure space.
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