Multimedia Art Installations & Paintings on Recycled Traffic Signs.
Another Fine Balance, 2020, mixed media on arrow signs, 2250 x1000 mm
“The work challenges us to take our tentative journeys towards understanding where we are and where we want to go" (LJ Easter)
"Delicia Sampero's images capture the whole spectrum of levels in my imagination about the ways we connect...through the cosmos, through the matrix of the web, through the fascia of the body, through the earth… Wonderful." (J. Macke)
Delicia Sampero's work is an invitation for us all to explore our relationship to each other, to our place we live in and ultimately challenges us to think about our ever increasing ‘relationship’ with technology. (P. Leiser)
The material’s reflectivity reacts dramatically to changes in light and can make the paintings appear luminous at times.
Please click on images to see titles, mediums and sizes.
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2024 Recent Exhibitions
@ Papakura Art Gallery: www.facebook.com/papakuraartgallery/
@ Boyd -Dunlop Gallery boyddunlop.com/collections/delicia-sampero
@ Papakura Art Gallery: www.facebook.com/papakuraartgallery/
@ Boyd -Dunlop Gallery boyddunlop.com/collections/delicia-sampero
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Some of the touring shows and multi- disciplinary projects you will find on this website are:
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The Mirror Mama Project 2009, 2013
The Mirror Mama Project is a collaborative project between Delicia Sampero six Pacific Mamas and four Refugee Mamas from Africa and the Middle East.
The Mirror Mama Project profiles the face of the immigrant mother and grandmother and traces their cultural trail from place of origin to New Zealand, highlighting their presence and the work they do in the community.
The Mirror Mama Project is a collaborative project between Delicia Sampero six Pacific Mamas and four Refugee Mamas from Africa and the Middle East.
The Mirror Mama Project profiles the face of the immigrant mother and grandmother and traces their cultural trail from place of origin to New Zealand, highlighting their presence and the work they do in the community.
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Traffic to the Future 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAdwCUWSWgk
2016 Research Project / Online Exhibition
A reflection of how transportation and telecommunication are changing lives in New Zealand.
Using art to stimulate engagement and discourse around those notions.
Featuring works by contemporary artists / performers living in New Zealand mixed with quotes from international writers and scholars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAdwCUWSWgk
2016 Research Project / Online Exhibition
A reflection of how transportation and telecommunication are changing lives in New Zealand.
Using art to stimulate engagement and discourse around those notions.
Featuring works by contemporary artists / performers living in New Zealand mixed with quotes from international writers and scholars.
Conference of the Birds Tour 2013 - 2018
The Birdpeople are visiting different sites in Aotearoa as environmental beacons, asking the viewer to consider and rethink assumptions about the everyday and the ordinary and to environmental issues that may perhaps be overlooked.
QR codes link them to video documentations of their journey on the internet.
Backstory
The title “Conference of the Birds “ references the 1000 year old poem by Persian Poet Attar, where a group of birds set out on a journey to find their legendary leader, referred to as Simorgh. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conference_of_the_Birds
In the poem, each bird represents a fault of man. Many drop out of the journey. Some finally arrive at the place of prophecy, but instead of a king they find a lake, where they see their own reflection and each other.
To view the journey of the Birdpeople please go to Projects in the menu above and click on Conference of the Birds !
Temporary 2013, 2014, 2020
An installation of 50 recycled temporary traffic signs displayed singularly and arranged in clusters. The signs are placed along the walkway , creating a link between the other artworks and drawing attention to natural features.
Temporary directs and invites the participants to contemplate the inherently temporary nature of human creation and natural life, throwing open questions around materiality and temporality, transient and lasting , in relation to our environment and us.
An installation of 50 recycled temporary traffic signs displayed singularly and arranged in clusters. The signs are placed along the walkway , creating a link between the other artworks and drawing attention to natural features.
Temporary directs and invites the participants to contemplate the inherently temporary nature of human creation and natural life, throwing open questions around materiality and temporality, transient and lasting , in relation to our environment and us.
Playing the Game 2014, 2016, 2020
Interactive road-sign installation.
A physical and conceptual game,
consisting of a 7000 x 4000 cm game-board and 3 large, reflective dice, made from road- signs. The audience become the players, playing with ideas relating to transport and renewable energy.
Sculpture on the Shore / Auckland, Wildflower Sculpture Exhibition / Hawkes bay...
Interactive road-sign installation.
A physical and conceptual game,
consisting of a 7000 x 4000 cm game-board and 3 large, reflective dice, made from road- signs. The audience become the players, playing with ideas relating to transport and renewable energy.
Sculpture on the Shore / Auckland, Wildflower Sculpture Exhibition / Hawkes bay...
Thank you to the sponsors 3M,
INEX Metals and Waitakere Ranges Local Board !
INEX Metals and Waitakere Ranges Local Board !