amy schissel

AMY SCHISSEL

HEMPHILL 2024

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"Like the imaginary maps at the beginning of fantasy novels, Amy Schissel’s world building is vast. Wherever one’s eyes wander, they wander in wonder, resting upon a detail that instantly leads into luminous, ever-expanding, continuous, and promising space. The large-scale drawings combine traditional cartography, illustrated topographical mountains, and cyber mapping systems to create vigorous artworks that span space, time and universes. The painting and drawing processes record physical and fictional journeys of the artist through spaces, imagined and real. The monumental scale and intricate details of Schissel’s drawings invite the viewer into her process. Thousands of repetitive marks show the artists’ hand, drawing out expeditions in a never-ending, fantastical atlas. Whether hypnotized by the soft auras of color amidst primarily black and white surfaces, or the swirling white mist, Amy Schissel keeps us in the palm of her hand as we enter her multiverse"

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