About Nicole
Nicole Lenzi’s work questions what a drawing is and its link to thinking and time passage. She works between mediums to expand the concept of drawing including installations, photography, and works on paper. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums nationally and internationally.. She has a B.F.A from Carnegie Mellon University and an M.F.A from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Her blog, Expanded, presents a range of contemporary drawing practices… more
Time Lines 2016.
Time Lines (Anchors) 2015-16.
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Time Lines (Anchors) No. 9, 951 Minutes20 x 29 x 2.25 inches Ink, thread, pins, and pencil on paper 2015
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Time Lines (Anchors) No. 18, 643 Minutes24 x 20 x 1.25 inches Ink, pencil, pins,and thread on paper 2016
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Time Lines (Anchors) No. 12, 231 Minutes9 x 9 x 1.25 inches Ink, thread, pins, and pencil on paper 2016
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Time Lines (Anchors) No. 13, 276 Minutes9 x 9 x 1.25 inches Ink, thread, pins, and pencil on paper 2016
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Time Lines (Anchors) No. 15, 436 Minutes9 x 9 x 1.25 inches Ink, thread, pins, and pencil on paper 2016
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Time Lines (Anchors) No. 15, 211 Minutes9 x 9x 1.25 inches Ink, thread, and penil on paper 2016
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Time Lines (Anchors) No. 11, 314 Minutes9 x 9 x 1.25 inches Ink, thread, pins, and pencil on paper 2016
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Time Lines (Anchors) No. 16, 154 Minutes7 x 5.25 x 1.25 inches Ink, thread, pins, and pecnil on paper 2016
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Time Lines (Anchors) No. 18, 143 Minutes8.25 x 6.5 x 1.25 inches Ink, thread, pins, and pencil on paper 2016
Conglomerates (Public) No. 1, 2019.
Conglomerates (Public) are constructed in response to urban architecture. Composed of the various materials found in and around a building, they are created along its edges and shadow lines. This integration forges a dialogue between the two different sized structures and male and female. Unlike the institutional buildings they stand by, Conglomerates (Public) are fragile, temporary spatial works standing in a delicate state of balance. Works are documented before falling over in the wind.
Conglomerate (Time Lines) 2015.
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Conglomerate (Time Lines) No. 1, 3,423 Minutes.
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Conglomerate (Time Lines) No. 1, 3,423 Minutes.
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Conglomerate (Time Lines) No. 2, 423 Minutes.
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Conglomerate (Time Lines) No. 2, 423 Minutes.
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Conglomerate (Time Lines) No. 1, 3,423 Minutes.
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Conglomerate (Time Lines) No. 1, 3,423 Minutes. 2015. Extended View.
Conglomerates (Lichen) 2013-14.
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Conglomerate (Outside In) No. 1, 2014.
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Conglomerate (Outside In ) No. 1. Extended View. 2014.
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Conglomerate (Outisde In) No. 1, Extended View. 2014.
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Conglomerate (Lichen) No. 2
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Conglomerate (Lichen) No. 1, 2014.
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Conglomerate (Lichen) No. 1 Detail
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Conglomerate (Outside In) No. 1, Extended View. 2014.
Reshufflings (2020) and Shuffling(s) 2019.
Reshufflings and Shufflings are inspired by ideas read in Carlo Rovelli's The Order of Time about the quantum world. In this series, forms simultaneously divide and come together in an interplay between light and dark.
Reshufflings and Shufflings works on paper are created in response to concepts explored in theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli’s The Order of Time. Rovelli writes about time at the quantum level where the past, present, and future are blurred. Shuffling(s) are generated from multiple overlays of digital images of Conglomerates, small scale geometric constrcutions, taken within split seconds. These are drawn on top of each other on a single piece of paper. Intersecting lines and shapes are then painted in various shades of gray. The resulting combinations of lines, shapes, and tones interact in states of entropic accord. Forms fragment in between time. Unforeseen harmonies and alignments emerge from the process.
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Reshufflings. (No. 3), 1:23 p.m., 2:20 p.m., 2: 40 p.m., 2 :49 p.m. and 2: 47 p.m.
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Reshufflings. (No. 3), 1:11 p.m., 1:20 p.m., 1: 33 p.m., 1 :49 p.m. and 2: 47 p.m.
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Reshufflings. (No. 3), 1:23 p.m., 1:24 p.m., 1: 36 p.m., 1 :45 p.m. and 1: 47 p.m.
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Shuffling(s) No. 4; 1:40 p.m., 1:42 p.m. , 1:44 p.m.Ink and pencil on paper, 22 x 30 inches, 2019.
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Shuffling(s) No. 2; 2:04 p.m., 1:28 p.m. 1: 14 p.m., 2019.Ink and pencil on paper, 22 x 30 inches, 2019.
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Shuffling(s) No. 2; 1:24 p.m., 1:26 p.m. 1: 30 p.m., 2019.Ink and pencil on paper, 20 x 28, 2019.
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Shuffling(s) No. 4; 12:10 p.m., 12:12 p.m.Ink and pencil on paper, 22 x 30 inches, 2019.
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Shuffling(s) No. 2; 1:54 p.m., 1:56 p.m. 2: 05 p.m., 2019.Ink and pencil on paper, 22 x 30 inches, 2019.
Conglomerates (Progressions) Series 4. 2017.
Conglomerate (Progressions), are composed of cement slabs and plexiglass (and sit on cement). The term relates to musical chord progressions produced over time to stir harmonies. Made in relation to shifting sunlight and shadows, they were constructed outside over the course of several days and/or hours. Shadow lines are observed and recorded on and from materials to mark shadow movements and extend the drawing activity. Different stages are photographed to record unexpected alignments.
The works on paper, Progressions, are a series of reductive still lifes created from single digital images of Conglomerates. They pull out the darkest darks and lightest lights, revealing shadow pathways. Varying degrees of information are left in each work to decipher form. This removes them from their original context and open them to new avenues of exploration.
Shuffling(s) works on paper are created in response to concepts explored in theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli’s The Order of Time. Rovelli writes about time at the quantum level where the past, present, and future are blurred. Shuffling(s) are generated from multiple overlays of digital images of Conglomerates taken within split seconds. These are drawn on top of each other on a single piece of paper. Intersecting lines and shapes are then painted in various shades of gray. The resulting combinations of lines, shapes, and tones interact in states of entropic accord. Forms fragment in between time. Unforeseen harmonies and alignments emerge from the process.
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Conglomerates (Progressions) Series 4, No. 1, 75 Minutes
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Conglomerates (Progressions) Series 4, No. 2, 78 Minutes
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Conglomerates (Progressions) Series 4, No. 1, 75 Minutes (Detail)
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Conglomerates (Progressions) Series 4, No. 5, 87 Minutes
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Conglomerates (Progressions) Series 4, No. 5, 121 Minutes
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Conglomerates (Progressions) Series 4, No. 5, 114 Minutes (Detail)
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Conglomerates (Progressions) Series 4, No. 9, 145 Minutes
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Conglomerates (Progressions) Series 4, No. 9, 165 Minutes
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Conglomerates (Progressions) Series 4, No. 7, 135 Minutes
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Conglomerates (Progressions) Series 4, No. 10, 177 Minutes