Patricia Voulgaris

Patricia Voulgaris is an artist from New York. She recently graduated from the School of Visual Arts in 2013, and received a BFA in photography. Her work has been exhibited in New York, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. She is interested in exploring the relationship between photography and sculpture, and recently received a residency from The Camera Club of New York. Today we take a look at her series titled, Fragments.

Fragments

Throughout Fragments, I focus on how memories become abstracted and distorted over time. When one considers the past, their memory of a certain person or place is often fragmental. However, people can remember certain distinct qualities about an individual or a particular place. Time passes, recollections fade and become broken down into simple forms, shapes, and patterns. These forms are what hold memories together. Photograph’s provide people with the ability to recall a particular moment in time. But are memories stronger than photograph’s? Through this continual process, I first re-construct and then deconstruct personal memories. Negative space distorts the original image, creating an ambiguous graphic form. Each image becomes fragmented, similar to the nature of old memories.

To view more of Patricia’s work, please visit her website.