"Above and Below"
1993
cloth, acrylic mediums and paints, wire, steel rod
36 x 70 x 15 inches

As installed at FiveMyles, Brooklyn, NY in "Two Artists, Mildred Beltré and Elisa D'Arrigo" 2023

"First Frost 2" 1992
1992
cloth, unfired clay, wire mesh, wire, acrylic paint and pigments, celluclay
25x30x60 inches

Shown in "Fabricated Nature" 1994, Boise Art Museum, Boise ID and "Two Artists: Mildred Beltrė, Elisa D'Arrigo 2023, at FiveMyles, Brooklyn, NY

"Ojo"
1990
cloth, unfired clay, acrylic paint and mediums, dry pigments and graphite, wire 
30 x 26 x 25 inches

As installed at FiveMyles, Brooklyn, NY in "Two Artists, Mildred Beltré and Elisa D'Arrigo" 2023

"Dyad 1"
1993
cloth, unfired clay, acrylic paints and mediums, pigments

Shown installed at FiveMyles, Brooklyn, NY in "Two Artists, Mildred Beltré and Elisa D'Arrigo" 2023

"Split"
1993
cloth, acrylic mediums and paints, graphite, unfired clay, (another is in patinated bronze -unique)
13 x 16 x 12 inches

Wall: detail of "Time and Time Again" 2005

Installation of five early works
from 1992 - 2005
mixed mediums
varied dimensions
front: "Arm's Length" rear: "Container/Contained" 1988
Arm's Length": 1989, "Container/Contained": 1988
both works: wire, cloth, acrylic paints and mediums, pigments. Container/Contained also incorporates wax
Arm's Length: 30 x 32 x 120 in; Container/Contained: 60" x 25' x 24'

Exhibition announcement for "Elisa D'Arrigo" at Bill Bace Gallery, NYC 1989

"Arm's Length"
1989
cloth_wire_acrylic paint and mediums_graphite powder_pigments
30 x 32 x 120 in

Exhibited in "Art at the Edge", 1990, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, curated by Carrie Przybilla, and "Bad Girls", 1990 Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art, curated by Corinne Robins, and in a solo exhibition "Elisa D'Arrigo" 1989, at Bill Bace Gallery

"Voice"
1990
wire, wax, unfired clay, steel rod, acrylic paints and mediums, pigments

Private collection. Exhibited in "Art at the Edge", 1990, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA and "Vital Forces", 1991, Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY

"Boca"
1990
wire, steel rod, cloth, acrylic paint and mediums, unfired clay
21 x 15 x 23 inches

Exhibited in "Art at the Edge", 1990, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA curated by Carrie Przybilla

"Dependant"
1989
wire, cloth, pigments, acrylic paints and mediums, unfired clay

Exhibited in "Art at the Edge", 1990, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, curated by Carrie Przybilla, and a solo exhibition "Elisa D'Arrigo" 1989, at Bill Bace Gallery

"Embody 1"
1992
cloth, wire, acrylic paints and mediums
60 x 8.5 x 8.5 inches

Collection of Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC, gift of Donald Rothfeld

"Embody 1" detail
1992
cloth, wire, acrylic paints and mediums
60 x 8.5 x 8.5

Collection of Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC, gift of Donald Rothfeld

"Bundled 2"
1992
cloth, acrylic paints and mediums, thread, unfired clay
"Embark"
1993
cloth, wax, thread, acrylic paints and mediums
8.5 x 13.25 x 8 inches

private collection

All works copyright © 2008 Elisa D'Arrigo / Special thanks to Adela Adrian, Nancy Brett, and Loo Wang/

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