Textual Undercurrents | Elysa D. Batista
Presented in partnership with O Cinema Wynwood

ON VIEW August 6 – October 4, 2015
OPENING RECEPTION Thursday, August 6 | 6-9pm
CLOSING BRUNCH Sunday, October 4 | 11:30am

Batista makes three-dimensional work that explores sign and text as sculptural communicators of coded information. The evolution of language as a form of interpreting the world is a constant investigation in her work. Batista carves and cuts manipulated digital typography onto materials ranging from wood, cardboard, foam core, cork or mechanically assisted onto materials such as plexiglass. It is executed in dialogue with advertorial signage that can be encountered in a storefront window or outdoor space. From anagrams to poetic sayings, Batista’s words allow the viewer to decode his/her own meaning through the multiplicity of language.