"LIT / LITE: Visual Poetry Installations by Carola Perla" Solo Show Launches at the Foundry Art Centre September 25, 2014!

ITS TIME FOR MY FIRST SOLO SHOW!!!

I will save my full comments about this experience for after the opening, I'm too nervous to go into it now...what I will say is that this show punctuates my life in more significant ways than I could have foreseen last year when I unexpectedly won the Best in Show at the Foundry Art Centre's "Paper Cuts" exhibit.  Life is a never-ending stream of surprises, lessons, and miracles, and if I ever stop believing that, then all I have to do is look back on this moment...I am so proud, grateful, and full of emotion, having sent off three year's worth of work - my entire collection - to this show, not sure if I sent enough light bulbs, wrote the correct measurements, made good enough work, and yet knowing that it doesn't matter, because this is all part of the journey...I will keep you posted on the results...in the meantime, here is the flyer for the show:

 

"Carola Perla" Facebook Page Launched!!!

Hi everyone!

Just launched the CAROLA PERLA official author and artist Facebook page!  Please 'like':)

http://www.facebook.com/#!/carolaperlaartist

Oh, and if you're at the Wynwood Art Walk this Saturday, October 13th, please don't forget to take photos at ATELIER 1022 and post them to the wall!

 

Carola Perla

Carola Perla

Click here to see my submission for the SCOPE New York Art Show Year in Review.  Vote for me!

L'Allure Des Mots Magazine Visits ATELIER 1022 for a Photo Session

http://lalluredesmots.tumblr.com/post/15697457301/we-spent-the-afternoon-with-author-carola-perla-at

"Off the Page" Gets Companion Piece for ART BASEL!

Now on Display at ATELIER 1022 in Wynwood for ART BASEL MIAMI 2011!

"Off the Page - an Anatomic Look at the Creation of a Novel" by Carola Perla

Gibbin House Inspires an Orignial Art Installation

Off the Page by Carola Perla

In honor of my first public book reading, I decided to offer my own original art work to ATELIER 1022's LITERA event in Wynwood this past Saturday.  My idea for the art installation  - "Off the Page - an Anatomic Look at the Creation of a Novel" - began as the lattice-like cutting of the last page of Gibbin House, but evolved to include everything that went into writing the book: the dozens of handwritten notebooks, collected clippings, books, postcards, storyboards, etc.  I even included the 3-D stereocard the cover is based on, my earliest floppy disks, boardpass to Europe, encouraging gifts from friends, and the Grigorescu painting my mother did at 19, which inspired my main character.   To my great joy (and edification) the piece was really well received, and will remain on display through Art Basel Miami 2011.  Mama is so proud!

Off the Page - art installation by Carola Perla