{"id":18760,"date":"2013-02-13T19:19:47","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T01:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=18760"},"modified":"2019-11-14T12:48:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T18:48:34","slug":"cycles-churn-and-systems-operate-michelle-montrose-larsen-at-art-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/cycles-churn-and-systems-operate-michelle-montrose-larsen-at-art-access\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycles Churn and Systems Operate: Michelle Montrose Larsen at Art Access"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Particles of My Person by Michelle Montrose Larsen<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s been said that all living things are connected. Mixed media artist Michelle Montrose Larsen, who graduated from Utah State University (USU) in 2011 with a BA in Art Education and minor in English, is exploring these relationships in her upcoming show Cycles Churn and Systems Operate <\/i>at Art Access. \u201cI am interested in the process and systems that have to happen in order to create and maintain a life form,\u201d Larsen says. She notes how the processes of reproduction, mitosis, and meiosis occur in both humans and plants.<\/p>\n

Larsen\u2019s interest in science led her to incorporate scientific illustrations in her work. \u201cThey illustrate concepts that are happening constantly and we don\u2019t even notice. They\u2019re happening on such a small scale that we need an illustration to see it,\u201d she says. Her work is a juxtaposition of what we can see and what we can\u2019t.<\/p>\n

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Constant by Michelle Montrose Larsen<\/p><\/div>\n

The collages she creates for her pieces, some of which include scientific illustrations, are readily visible though there remains an element of the unseen, links that aren\u2019t readily obvious. \u201cYou take things out of their original context and pair them with your own original work and create an entirely new piece. People try and make connections between all the pieces on the canvas. We\u2019re all unique, and we\u2019ve had different life experiences, so we\u2019re all going to see something different,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

These collage elements interact with realistically rendered figures, creating a dynamic between curving, natural lines and and the hard edges of geometric forms. In \u201cThe Particles of My Person,\u201d the circle around the figure reminds Larsen of a microscope, which relates back to her interest in science and systems operating in bodies at a microscopic level. The pixelated look of the squares is also a reference to particles. In \u201cMultiply,\u201d bees crawl over a a painted female figure wrapped in a cloth. Above, a series of connected hexagons reference honeycomb, produced by the system within a hive. <\/b>The themes in \u201cConstant\u201d are similar and address life cycles. \u201cI was using a lot of pictures of space and I saw one with a caption that said life cycles or the solar system,\u201d Larsen says. \u201cI named it Constant because a cycle is constantly going, it\u2019s always starting over.\u201d<\/p>\n

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While she creates her multimedia pieces with some specifics in mind, Larsen enjoys returning to what\u2019s unseen in her. \u201cI also let my subconscious do a lot of the work because I think that will create a space that\u2019s more accessible to people,\u201d she says. \u201cMy favorite thing about being an artist and having a show is that people always come up to me with their own interpretations of the art, I love that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cycles Churn and Systems Operate opens at Art Access this Friday, February 15, as part of the Salt Lake Gallery Stroll<\/a> and continues through March 8. Art Access is located at 230 South 500 West #125. They are open Monday \u2013 Friday 10 am to 6 pm.<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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