Piece description from the artist
Archival pigmented ink on acid free drawing paper.
White ink was used to inscribe phrases like “sexy sexy sexy drawing” onto a white background. These phrases were meant to be subtle or even subliminal, depending on how the drawing is viewed and presented. The abstract geometric drawing was constructed on top of the text. They should come through as subtle text elements in a print. In the images of the piece, two of the detail areas are followed by contrast enhanced images of the same area. These contrast enhanced images highlight the subtle white on white text.
I have found that subliminals in drawings and paintings do tend to make them attractive to people – even those who don’t usually like Abstract Art. I’ve done the experiment numerous times at Art Festivals (ahhhh…. and now you know my little mad science secret)
Dr. Regina Valluzzi has an extensive scientific background in nanotechnology and biophysics. She has been a scientist in the chemical industry, a green chemistry researcher, a research professor at the engineering school at Tufts, a start-up founder engaged in technology commercialization, and a start-up and commercialization consultant.
Even during periods of intense activity as a scientist, Dr. Valluzzi has always held a strong interest in the visual arts and in visual information. While she majored in Materials Science at MIT, she also obtained a second degree in music and a minor in visual studies. Visual arts have managed to permeate her technical work; during her Ph.D in Polymer Science and Engineering at UMass Amherst, she completed a thesis that required advanced electron microscopy, image analysis, and theoretical data modeling. These experiences provided the visual insight and information that now influences much of her artwork.
Dr. Valluzzi’s work has been included in private collections across the US, UK, Germany, Canada, Japan, Netherlands, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Dubai and Malta, and in the corporate collection of "Seyfarth Shaw" Boston law offices around Boston. She has a selection of pieces on loan to the MIT Materials Science and Engineering Department as indoor public art. Her accomplishments include having published thirty articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals, having made several scientific patents, having been a subject matter expert for an encyclopedia chapter, and having been invited to speak at science talks across the US, Europe, and Japan.
Her newsletter is a good source of ongoing information: http://eepurl.com/daiLQ
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