Metamorphosis of Cecilia Paredes
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Cecilia Paredes creates photo performances that play with disguise and metamorphosis.
She is known for a series of self-portraits in which she vanishes into a graphic background.
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These photo pieces often involve an artist painting herself with bright, intricate patterns before documenting her body against a wall of the same motifs.
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Influenced by nature, Paredes also transforms herself into animals in realistic, glamorous studio portraits; an image of the artist adorned to resemble a majestic parrot was included in the 2005 Venice Biennale.
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Paying tribute to the flora and fauna of her native Peru, Paredes creates layered statements of her own identity.
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Her works also corresponds to our relationship with nature and the responsibility to creatures that surround us.
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More of Cecilia Paredes’ extraordinary art pieces you can see on Artsy.net
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