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Claudia
Drake
I love to explore the placement of things, piecing parts to
uncover and create associations. My art is a manifestation
of this process, which I term as 'Urgent Alchemy'. Each new
work is a puzzle to me, a process of interlocking forms and
alterations that I adjust until I feel that they fit. Antique
engravings and etchings fascinate me, so I use them as the
basis for this exploration. My main interest is in the fusion
of forms and the narratives that emerge.
Art history is the foundation of my visual education. I'm
self-trained through lessons learned from the early Surrealists
and Dadaists, a love child of Ernst and Magritte. My work
draws largely on their legacy, bridging antique to modern.
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