Marta Alexandra Abbott is a Czech-American artist born in Amsterdam, raised primarily in the U.S., and currently based in Rome. Marta grew up in the studio of her artist mother, studied fine arts at university, and trained professionally in the fields of art restoration and floral design before turning her full attention to painting. Her fascination with nature has always informed her work, which investigates our human relationship with the natural world. Process and experimentation are fundamental to her practice, in which she primarily uses inks and pigments she makes herself from organic, botanical substances. This has led to a deeper study of the language of color and of the life of organic matter as channels of expression and communication. Marta has exhibited her work in New York, Prague and Rome among other cities, and most recently completed an artistic residency followed by an exhibit at Numeroventi in Florence, Italy. Prior to this, she had the opportunity to complete a residency and show her work at the historical printmaking studio, Fondazione il Bisonte, also located in Florence.
What are the inner scapes of a flower made up of ? Light and matter and structure and earth and water. All of these are ever in a state of flux within the botanical body that contains them. That body, that container for a system for sustaining life, is itself an impermanent form. It is subject to time and place and atmospheric conditions. The intangible element of light is what gives energy to all the rest, and what sets a vital rhythm. Here, it is the representation of what resides within. It demonstrates that which is essential and which gives form, even if it has no permanent shape of its own. Each flower can be considered as a tiny torch, a bearer of light that helps
67 x 48 cm
Marta Alexandra Abbott is a Czech-American artist born in Amsterdam, raised primarily in the U.S., and currently based in Rome. Marta grew up in the studio of her artist mother, studied fine arts at university, and trained professionally in the fields of art restoration and floral design before turning her full attention to painting. Her fascination with nature has always informed her work, which investigates our human relationship with the natural world. Process and experimentation are fundamental to her practice, in which she primarily uses inks and pigments she makes herself from organic, botanical substances. This has led to a deeper study of the language of color and of the life of organic matter as channels of expression and communication. Marta has exhibited her work in New York, Prague and Rome among other cities, and most recently completed an artistic residency followed by an exhibit at Numeroventi in Florence, Italy. Prior to this, she had the opportunity to complete a residency and show her work at the historical printmaking studio, Fondazione il Bisonte, also located in Florence.
What are the inner scapes of a flower made up of ? Light and matter and structure and earth and water. All of these are ever in a state of flux within the botanical body that contains them. That body, that container for a system for sustaining life, is itself an impermanent form. It is subject to time and place and atmospheric conditions. The intangible element of light is what gives energy to all the rest, and what sets a vital rhythm. Here, it is the representation of what resides within. It demonstrates that which is essential and which gives form, even if it has no permanent shape of its own. Each flower can be considered as a tiny torch, a bearer of light that helps
