D E S A P A R I C I O N E S
2021 - 2022
Thread on canvas
Digital painting
The series Desapariciones is a reflection of the artist’s experience living in Colombia during a global pandemic and paralleled by a period of revolution and conflict in the country in which untold numbers of people have been lost. The themes of absence and loss are felt deeply and explored through the disconnection and abstraction of the body. Through her work, the artist tries to reconcile incomprehensible loss of life and identity in this new reality by creating these embodiments of memory.
Through abstraction and subtraction the works of this series physically embody the metaphysical remains of the pieces of us that have disappeared.
Desapariciones is the first body of work by Laura Renée Maier to explore the digital medium through digital paintings, digitally animated textiles as well as physical textile works that are encoded on the blockchain.
DESAPARICIONES VII, 2022
Black thread and oil on canvas
71 x 46 cm | 28 x 18 IN
DESAPARICIONES VIII, 2022
Black thread on canvas
46 x 56 cm | 18 x 22 IN
DESAPARICIONES IX, 2022
Black thread on canvas
60 x 50 CM | 23.5 x 19.5 IN
Private Collection
DESAPARICIONES I, 2021
Black thread on canvas
95 x 160 CM | 37.5 x 93 IN
Private collection
DESAPARICIONES IV, 2021
Black thread on canvas
68 x 105 CM | 26.75 x 41.25 IN
DESAPARICIONES V, 2022
Animated Digital Painting
4370 x 6178 PX
Duration: 30 seconds
NFT on OpenSea.io
DESAPARICIONES VI, 2022
Animated Textile
2878 x 3838 PX
Duration: 35 seconds
NFT on OpenSea.io
DESAPARICIONES II, 2021
Digital painting
84.109 x 118.89 CM
NFT
DESAPARICIONES III, 2021
Digital painting
77 x 105.8 CM
NFT
LAS MANOS DE AGUSTÍN, 2021
Digital painting
84 x 118.89 CM
NFT
Disappearance Tests are a sub-series of small studies and experimentations within the DESAPARICIONES series
DISAPPEARANCE TEST NO. 3
Blue thread on canvas
29 x 34 CM
DISAPPEARANCE TEST NO. 4
Blue thread on canvas
30 x 38 CM