Layers of torn edges and severed forms distinguish Linda Cunningham’s large format drawing / constructions. The tactile sensibility the New York City- based Artist comes from her interest in the qualities of observed or found materials. The Artist transforms these materials, through a kind of “Urban Mining” process, while preserving their historical qualities. Even the bronze forms are cast from military surplus scrap.
Cunningham’s work is concerned with time, transience and contradictions, and she gravitates to architectural and structural remnants of current and previously existing cultures. She often poses the veracity of the photo-based transferred images against interpretive, fluid calligraphic drawing line and form. With sensually gripping form, she urges the viewer to experience the sometimes discomforting content.
