Honoring That Where Art Comes From
Pimpollo and I in the #RV5404
Lia Zuvilivia practice consists of paintings, glass sculptures, and interventions that stem from an impulse to meet the immaterial and impermanent with materials.
Argentine-born, she resides in Brooklyn, New York.
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My work begins with an impulse that becomes a dialogue between materials, gestures, and internal inquiries about the nature of art and my relationship to it. The blurry line where the artist's work ends and art begins, that point in between is what drives me.
There is an unsettled quality that arises between habits and tendencies, and that which emerges. The pigment and texture of the casein paint on wood panels have a grounding effect, while their vertical composition aligns me spiritually. It is an intimate process to witness and surrender to what is present without influencing the internal dynamics.
In the window interventions, these inquiries converge by making the impermanent and transient visible. I use lighting filters along with glass and mirrors for more permanent works, which I cut, layer, and attach to the window. While inherently two-dimensional, when light interacts with these works, it alters their appearance by projecting fleeting shadows onto the surrounding space, transforming what begins as a two-dimensional piece into dynamic compositions that change and evolve with time and in response to the environment. The work itself seems to fade as the intangible projections reflect the uniqueness of each moment.
Intrinsically spiritual, the work is a continuous practice of contemplation. I reflect on it as a catalyst where the divine and the mundane merge.
LZ -Brooklyn, 2026