Judith Mazzucco

Artist Statement

My praxis evolved from the investigation of my life in close proximity to horses and the interspecies relationships that develop. The Aisle of the Barn is the confluence of domestication, interspecies relationships and creativity. My processes focus in the area of overlap, the social, physical and the psychological interactions; a duality of the human/animal relationship that has virtually disappeared over the past two- and one-half centuries.
These processes reflect the ancient Eastern philosophy of Wabi-Sabi, a philosophy reflecting the un-gorgeous, earthy, natural, impermanent, imperfect, and the incomplete.
The processes emanate from the phenomenon of domestication; feed, being the smallest common denominator of domestication is stored in bags made of paper, burlap and canvas, suffice as the foundation for my work.