Christina Stahr
Art Work
About
Christina Stahr's work is based on the concepts and techniques of collage. She glues, assembles and sews found and recycled papers, wrappers, plastics, fabrics and gold leaf into collages, free-hanging textiles and installations. Abstract and minimal in their overall composition her artwork intuitively combines recognizable fragments of cultural significance with segments of personal meaning.
Christina Stahr's collages, installations and mixed media works have been shown internationally in solo and group exhibitions, and her work is in private, corporate and museum collections. She lives and works in New York City.
Fall, 2023, 48 x 48 inches (122 x 122 cm). Sewn Collage of gold leaf on paper, package wrappers, aluminum on metallic silk organza.
Chocolate Obsession Collage, gold leaf, aluminum leaf, chocolate wrappers and foils on painted canvas.
Chocolate Obsession Collage, gold leaf, chocolate wrappers and foils, papers on painted canvas.
Great Falls, 2013. Organza, ribbons, mylar, threads. 40 ft h x 10 ft w. Installation, Art Factory, Paterson, NJ.A site-specific installation in the drying vaults of a former textile mill in Paterson, New Jersey, in the historic industrial area surrounding the Great Falls waterfall of the Passaic River whose force originally powered the machinery.
Sewn from two vertical panels of paper-like organza fabric in the exact proportions of the waterfall, red silk ribbons and gold Mylar strands pour from the center seam. The translucent lightweight fabric contrasts with the rough surface of the rock face into which the factory is built. The reflective luminosity of the materials introduces a shimmering lightness as it descends from a great height. The slightest drafts create billows evoking tumbling water.
This installation refers to the Great Falls as well as to the fall of the local textile industry and labor rights.
Lactogenesis Collages
A series of delicate layered paper collages exploring the theme of lactogenesis, the extraordinary biological process that transforms blood into milk - within the breast.
Layers of transparent and translucent papers allude to the mysterious beauty and complexity of the arteries and ducts beneath the skin. Centripetal compositions of fine lines, acrylic paint and gold leaf are drawn and applied onto and beneath layers of fragile milky-white tissue papers, fabrics and vellum. The sensuous tactility of these works contrasts with their abstract geometric configuration overlaying a circle onto a square.
Lactogenesis Collage
One Left, 30 x 30 in 2000. Kozo paper, acrylic, drawing on canvas
Lactogenesis Detail
Lactogenesis Detail
Lactogenesis Detail
Lactogenesis Collage
Scan, acrylic, drawing, kozo paper on card stock, 10 x10 in (25 x 25 cm)
Installing Labyrinth on 14th Street
Labyrinth on 14th Street install
Installing Labyrinth on 14th Street
Final pice on 14th Street
Contact
Christina Stahr
www.christinastahr.com
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