{"id":240,"date":"2024-02-02T06:35:43","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T06:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/answerfaqpro.com\/?p=240"},"modified":"2024-02-02T06:35:43","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T06:35:43","slug":"maria-a-guzman-caprons-entwined-figures-emerge-from-boldly-patterned-patchworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/answerfaqpro.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/02\/maria-a-guzman-caprons-entwined-figures-emerge-from-boldly-patterned-patchworks\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria A. Guzm\u00e1n Capron\u2019s Entwined Figures Emerge from Boldly Patterned Patchworks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In many ways,\u00a0Maria A. Guzm\u00e1n Capron\u2019s practice is about embracing circularity. Using textiles gathered from discount stores, resale shops, and friends, Capron stitches stylized figures whose bodies emerge from entangled clusters of limbs or coquettishly pose against the gallery wall, inviting each viewer with a flirty smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Form and material dovetail, emphasizing the artist\u2019s interest in change and regeneration. \u201cThe entwined body, by being connected to our inner selves and our communities, is one that loses definition and becomes extraordinary,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born in Milan to parents of Peruvian and Colombian origins, Capron now lives and works in the Bay Area, a m\u00e9lange of cultures reflected in her patchwork pieces. \u201cSome patterns and colors I choose are an approximation of what I felt or I can remember of the fabric I saw in clothing or decor growing up in Italy or things I\u2019ve seen at the markets when I visit my grandmother in Peru,\u201d she says, adding that her local environment influences her, too. \u201cIn the studio, I mix it all together, and every time I see someone new emerging from my work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While every character is original, each has a material connection to previous sculptures. \u201cIn the studio, I play around with what is new, but I am often compelled to include older pieces from my collection. Artworks made several years apart might have a fabric that unites them,\u201d she shares. \u201cMy making process is based on problem-solving, and it feels like there are an infinite number of ways I could work with textiles to approach an idea.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although varied in color and texture and veiled in paint, the pieces in Capron\u2019s No Soy Florero<\/em> series are similarly constructed, their upper bodies flush to the wall with skinny legs and thick, pudgy feet planted on the floor. The artist considers the ways our mannerisms, language, and bodily gestures shift based on the situation and company, and she gravitates toward a fluid sense of self. The twinned characters in \u201cMe Veo en Ti\u201d also are nearly identical with tiger-striped limbs and faces. Subtle differences in their hair, noses, and expressions could reference variances in one person or similarities between two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To add another dimension, Capron considers her works \u201cincomplete outside of the moments in which they are viewed and experienced by another person,\u201d an unfinished state she describes as indicating \u201can essential openness to change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She currently has work in two shows, one through May 5 at\u00a0Craft Contemporary\u00a0in Los Angeles and another through\u00a0August 3 at\u00a0El Espacio 23\u00a0in Miami. Find more on\u00a0Instagram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In many ways,\u00a0Maria A. Guzm\u00e1n Capron\u2019s practice is about embracing circularity. Using textiles gathered from discount stores, resale shops, and friends, Capron stitches stylized figures whose bodies emerge from entangled clusters of limbs or coquettishly pose against the gallery wall,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/answerfaqpro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/answerfaqpro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/answerfaqpro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/answerfaqpro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/answerfaqpro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/answerfaqpro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":245,"href":"https:\/\/answerfaqpro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions\/245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/answerfaqpro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/answerfaqpro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/answerfaqpro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/answerfaqpro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}