Artist Information:
Rachel Udell
Philadelphia, PA
United States
Member Since: Feb 2011
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Artist Statement:
I am drawn to using soft,
comforting, highly textured
materials because of their
capacity for suggesting forms
that feel alive; I think of
them as plant-like forms and
spirit beings that secretly
“know” what I can’t, though
they’ve come from inside of
me. The resulting organ-like
structures are metaphors for a
connectedness specifically
related to how human beings
exist in the world: that a
human being is not a
self-contained biological
organism, but part of an
interacting, breathing
membrane, transmitting and
receiving the stuff of life
between social and
psychological systems,
ecosystems, solar and cosmic
systems, etc. We are all made
of the same stuff: we are
distinct entities and yet we
flow, physically and
emotionally into our
surroundings. My pieces are
sentient extensions of myself,
a delicate attempt to
extinguish the unnaturalness
of human isolation. In the
face of unspeakable horrors
and miraculous wonders, my art
is both an attempt to create a
channel through which I am
able to come to terms with the
often polarizing experience of
existence, and the plane upon
which I attempt to strike a
balance between extremes.
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Artist Exhibitions:
2011
3rd Street Gallery
Invitational
3rd Street Gallery,
Philadelphia, PA
Exhibited a crocheted soft
sculpture titled, “Impossible
Desire,” and an embroidered
fabric collage piece.
2010
Art for the Urban Collector
Highwire Gallery,
Philadelphia, PA
Included two mixed media
works.
Plexus
Rocket Cat Café,
Philadelphia, PA
Exhibition of embroideries,
embroidered paintings, ...
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Rachel Udell's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Rachel Udell's Portfolio.
I am drawn to using soft, comforting, highly textured materials because of their capacity for suggesting forms that feel alive; I think of them as plant-like forms and spirit beings that secretly “know” what I can’t, though they’ve come from inside of me. The resulting organ-like structures are metaphors for a connectedness specifically related to how human beings exist in the world: that a human being is not a self-contained biological organism, but part of an interacting, breathing membrane, transmitting and receiving the stuff of life between social and psychological systems, ecosystems, solar and cosmic systems, etc. We are all made of the same stuff: we are distinct entities and yet we flow, physically and emotionally into our surroundings. My pieces are sentient extensions of myself, a delicate attempt to extinguish the unnaturalness of human isolation. In the face of unspeakable horrors and miraculous wonders, my art is both an attempt to create a channel through which I am able to come to terms with the often polarizing experience of existence, and the plane upon which I attempt to strike a balance between extremes.
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