Questions
Paulina Perera-Riveroll
Exhibit on view: Friday February 1, 2013 - Sunday March 31, 2013
Questions on Heartbreak and Poetry
Opening night: Friday February 1, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Paulina Perera-Riveroll is opening her photography exhibit Questions based on at Neruda’s Libro de Las Preguntas (Book of Questions) with a night of poetry and heartbreak. We encourage you to bring your own poetry or work from your favorite poet to share.
About the exhibit:
The photographs by Paulina Perera-Riveroll exhibited at La Casa Azul Bookstore are part of an ongoing photography project based upon and inspired by Neruda’s Libro de Las Preguntas (Book of Questions). The book was written in 1973 as he was dying, and I was being born. Straying from his usual format, I find Neruda's book to be a meditation on life and death, where both are one indistinguishable experience.
The photographs are my visual interpretation of some of Neruda's specific questions, as well as a commentary on the quiet beauty of the book as a whole. I also recently revisited Anais Nin's Waste of Timelessness and Other Early Stories where I came upon a passage in the short story "Tishnar" which resonates my approach to photography: "She sought a world without color and sound where no one might notice her fingers locked on dreams, her eyes which saw nothing but shadows."
I photograph only the evidence of humans without photographing people.
About the artist:
Paulina Perera-Riveroll was born in Mexico City. Lives and works in New York City. She received a BFA in Photography from Parsons School of Design. Her artwork includes photography, mixed media and installation. She is a co-founder and active member of RadiusTwelve a group of independent artists working together to showcase contemporary art. She has participated in several juried exhibitions. Paulina works as an Artist Educator in museums in New York City. Her artworks are in private collections in Mexico and the U.S. www.radiustwelve.com
Paulina Perera-Riveroll
Exhibit on view: Friday February 1, 2013 - Sunday March 31, 2013
Questions on Heartbreak and Poetry
Opening night: Friday February 1, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Paulina Perera-Riveroll is opening her photography exhibit Questions based on at Neruda’s Libro de Las Preguntas (Book of Questions) with a night of poetry and heartbreak. We encourage you to bring your own poetry or work from your favorite poet to share.
About the exhibit:
The photographs by Paulina Perera-Riveroll exhibited at La Casa Azul Bookstore are part of an ongoing photography project based upon and inspired by Neruda’s Libro de Las Preguntas (Book of Questions). The book was written in 1973 as he was dying, and I was being born. Straying from his usual format, I find Neruda's book to be a meditation on life and death, where both are one indistinguishable experience.
The photographs are my visual interpretation of some of Neruda's specific questions, as well as a commentary on the quiet beauty of the book as a whole. I also recently revisited Anais Nin's Waste of Timelessness and Other Early Stories where I came upon a passage in the short story "Tishnar" which resonates my approach to photography: "She sought a world without color and sound where no one might notice her fingers locked on dreams, her eyes which saw nothing but shadows."
I photograph only the evidence of humans without photographing people.
About the artist:
Paulina Perera-Riveroll was born in Mexico City. Lives and works in New York City. She received a BFA in Photography from Parsons School of Design. Her artwork includes photography, mixed media and installation. She is a co-founder and active member of RadiusTwelve a group of independent artists working together to showcase contemporary art. She has participated in several juried exhibitions. Paulina works as an Artist Educator in museums in New York City. Her artworks are in private collections in Mexico and the U.S. www.radiustwelve.com
