Artists

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Laura
Monotype
SOLD

Dancer in Blue
Monotype

Side Barre 2
Monotype

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Spanish Dancer in New York
Monotype
SOLD

Spanish Dancer in New York 2
Monotype

Performance at the Joyce SoHo
Monotype

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Performance at
the Joyce SoHo 3
Monotype


Lift 2
Monotype

 

Dancer in Blue 3
Monotype

 
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At the Barre
Etching

Dance Rehearsal 1:Tiffany & Jeffrey
Pencil

In Rehearsal
Etching

 

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Barre 4
Etching

Dance Rehearsal 2: Petra
Pencil

 

Barre 1
Etching

 
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Battle of Titania and Oberon
Monotype

 

Dancing Puck 2
Monotype

Flying Puck 3
Monotype

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From the Light 2
Monotype

Marionette 2
Monotype

Oberon and Titania 5
Monotype

 
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Petra 2
Monotype

Two Dancers
Monotype

Spring Street Studio Model
Pen

     
 

 

 
     


   
     

 

    
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Debra Luccio

Dancing In Light

DRAWINGS DRYPOINTS ETCHINGS MONOTYPES


12 – 26 February

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Biography


Debra Luccio interprets the vigour and movement of dancers: ‘I need to sweep my arm over the plate. I need the freedom and challenge of stretching over an expansive surface to express the energy, strength and grace of the dancers’.


Metropolis Gallery presents Debra Luccio: Dancing In Light, an exhibition of drawings, drypoints, etchings and monotypes inspired by performances of the New York City Ballet, the Tiffany Mills Company NY and the Queensland Ballet. Debra will also share stories of her experiences with these dance companies in an Artist Floor Talk. Learn about her inspiration and gain insight into the techniques used to create her artwork for this exhibition. From etchings based on sketches and photographs created during rehearsals, to large monotypes of final performances, hear more about the works from the artist herself.


Luccio has developed her printmaking techniques through experience with other mediums: ‘This interest really began with charcoal. I thoroughly enjoy the process of revealing the light, the physicality of sculpting the figure with the ink on the plate’. The illusion of depth within monotype can be just as rich as any sculptural form. ‘The work is done in the studio and usually in one sitting. It is a quick medium, producing exciting images infused with spontaneity and chance’.


This exhibition at Metropolis Gallery is very timely since exciting news has just arrived that Debra has been invited by the Australian Consulate General in New York to mount her first solo show there in March 2010.


Debra Luccio was a recent prize winner at the 2009 CPM National Print Awards at Tweed River Art Gallery. Her work is represented in the New York City Public Library; Tiffany Mills Company, NY; Charles Sturt University Art Collection; Tweed River Art Gallery; St Vincent’s Art Collection, Melbourne and in private collections nationally and in New Zealand, Paris, London, Italy and New York.